Articles by FrozenChicken

Located 25 miles south and east of High Level, Alberta, Canada is the High Bluff Farm. It is a beautiful 320 acre piece of land with beautiful loam soil. Lots of trembling Aspen Poplar with patches of White Spruce. The farm house was originally a one room skid shack my father dragged over the...

The Columbian Rock The Columbian Rock remains a popular choice for those wanting a good dual purpose bird. With their white with black lacing on the necks and black tails they are an attractive bird. The colour is not much unlike the popular Light Sussex. The hens are average layers of beige...

Breeds I Own Pure Breeds Columbian Rock The colour of these birds is similar to the popular Light Sussex Breed.They are good layers that lay a Cream coloured egg. They can be broody as I had one go broody on me this year. The flesh is pink on these birds which makes them good dual purpose...

Pecking/Canabalism Keeping a large flock I gave encountered this problem many times so I have developed a few methods to thwart it. Lighting - During long winter months I keep natural light from the hens during the dog days of winter and just provide them artifical red light bulbs. The red glow...

The Barn Keeping Poultry in a Northerly location creates more challenges when it comes to the coop. To heat the barn it is best to rely on the body heat of your flock. This being said there must be enough room in the barn to allow your birds enough room to live confortably. So the result is a...

Feed Wheat is my main food of choice for poultry. It has the highest protien of the common grains and the resulting eggs taste is second to none. My usual recipe for chickens is 3 parts wheat 1 part Oats ot Barley although hens perform real well with field peas as well but these are very...