Recent content by TennesseeChicken

I collect them in the evening and wash the next morning.

I let them out before sunrise and close them up when they are all in at dark. They are completely free range. Each flock has a rooster.

I have that problem as well. If you candle, you can see that the shell is thinner. I hesitate to sell these eggs to the public. But they are just fine for us. Sure wish I could figure it out how to fix!

Here are a couple of our 'Chick Shed' pics. My original intention for this coop was to raise the chickens in here after they came out of the brooder. I can keep the gate closed so they know it's their home. It's worked well in the past. I've tried to move this flock twice to other coops (we...

That's awesome!

I will tomorrow. Today has been a slow rain day.

Thanks for the replies! The chickens that are roosting outside just started doing it a few months ago when we found a possum right outside their coop door one morning. We dispatched the possum. For two weeks after that, I tried to get everyone in; usually with newbies it only takes a few...

We have a group that has taken to roosting outside at night. They seem to do okay at just below freezing, but, in Tennessee we can get in to the teens or lower. I have tried and tried to get them back in to the coop at night, but they refuse. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...

With the vinegar, I don't think it would be a fertilizer. Every time I work in the garden the chickens come running in hopes to slurp up a worm or grub, so I have to fence them out. But with applying a natural weed killer around my fencing, I just don't want to do anything to hurt the chickens.

I want to use a mix of vinegar, epsom salt and dish soap for weed killer around my gardens. Will this hurt my chickens if they happen to scratch in it? Thanks!

We have a small herd of Red Devons (and two Jerseys) who are completely grass fed/finished, Large Black Hogs that are pastured and fed supplemental non-GMO and soy free feed as well as about 60 chickens that are free-ranging and also fed non-GMO and soy free feed. Have had to inject one cow...

And I probably wouldn't be buying any beef from you, either. If animals are raised in a healthy environment, like they are supposed to, and not CAFOs, then chances are they won't be getting sick. After working three Farmers Markets last year, a myriad of people have come up to us thanking us...

Because vaccines are filled with all kinds of nasty stuff from GMOs to mercury and formaldehyde. No Thanks!

That's why people should opt for grass fed/grass finished with no hormones, antibiotics or vaccines. Every cell in your body needs good, healthy animal fats to thrive! Grain-finished cattle wipe out all the health benefits of 'grass-fed'.

We process our roosters as well. We have too many right now and I think it's affecting the flock. They taste just like chicken simmered in the crockpot all day!