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Common egg quality problems
Approximately 2% of all chicken eggs has some defect, ranging from minor, barely noticeable faults to downright alarming deformities. So the... -
Interesting Facts About Chicken Eggs
Have you ever wondered how a hen can lay an egg every day? Why some eggs are brown and some eggs are white? How many days an egg takes to hatch... -
Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks Outdoors
My early brooders Six years ago when I got my second batch of day-old baby chicks, I thought I had arrived at the ultimate solution for a... -
Chicken Treat Chart—the Best Treats for Backyard Chickens
CHICKEN TREATS This is a list of almost everything you can feed a chicken. However, everybody's chickens have their own tiny brains full of... -
Candling Pics Progression Through Incubation Of Chicken Eggs
CANDLING PICS: Progression Through Incubation Thanks to ZooMummzy, I am doing a test run of my little plywood bator and her little rooster... -
Buff Orpingtons Chicken Breed Information Pictures
BUFF ORPINGTON HENS Revised 1/5/12 the Scarlett Johanssons of the chicken world... Raising Buffs as an entertaining, fun complement to a... -
Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry
Preface If you need immediate instructions on how to assist a hatch, you may skip this section and go to the next one, where the instructions... -
Development of a Chicken Embryo Day by Day
This is an explanation of what is happening each day as a chicken embryo develops, complete with candling pictures. The egg I am using is a silver... -
What Happens When Chickens Molt?
Information on Molting Chickens Molting refers to the shedding of feathers. It is the natural process of losing and re-growing feathers. Most all... -
Ten Reasons You Should Spend Ten Extra Minutes With Your Flock Every Day
Ten Reasons You Should Spend Ten Extra Minutes With Your Flock Every Day Let’s be honest: In the summer, when it’s hot and humid, it can... -
Do ducks like boats?
So, this story starts with my neighbors wanting to get rid of an old dilapidated boat. She just wanted it out of their yard. It had a good motor... -
Chicken Math 101 – with Quiz!
Dear esteemed colleagues, there is a well-known and documented phenomenon known as “Chicken Math” effecting our coops, though there is little... -
The Egg song, it’s not about the egg; it’s an escort call.
In the normal course of events free range chickens move around their territory as a group. The focal point of these groups is the senior rooster... -
How much room do chickens need
I don’t believe in magic numbers for chickens. We keep them in so many different conditions, in different climates, with different flock make-ups... -
Chicken Behavior The Ignorant Gal's Guide To Things No Sane Person Would Tell You About Chickens
Noodle, contemplating scratching, Pepper, armpit deep in a hole, and Salt, who has just found something that needs excavation. The Ignorant... -
Norwegian style chicken coop
Welcome to my chicken coop. Coop is located in Latvia, so winters here my be freezing. That's why I have to built it insulated. Coop size is 13' x... -
Making the Tough Calls - Difficult but Essential
In a mad frenzy of enthusiasm - that's how we seem to dive into the world of raising chickens. It is so exciting – and scary! For most of us... -
How To Raise Mealworms
How to raise mealworms (Tenebrio molitor) Everyone who has a small flock of chickens should raise mealworms, not because they need them, but...