3 years ago I got a small handful of chicks from the local Tractor Supply. About a dozen of various breeds, mostly Rhode Island Red, Ameraucana, and white Leghorns . At about 5-6 months the hens started to lay eggs. It was a fun, considering it was my first experience with getting into chickens. Unfortunately, […]
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The Beauty and Tragedy of Commercial Eggs
Not so long ago the only way to obtain eggs was to have your own flock of chickens. Or know a farmer that had some (and most farms 100 years ago had a little bit of everything, including chickens). Even people in urban areas routinely kept a small flock. My friends in Milwaukee say that […]
How to Identify Saddle Feathers in Roosters
Are you suspecting you might have roosters in your young flock of chickens? It seems to happen on a regular basis. You buy a group of straight run* chicks and eventually discover there are waaaay too many males in your group. Here’s how you can identify then at a young age, in case you want […]