Recent content by hippiechick77

Quote: Hey hippiechick77 - I'm raising chickens and loving life in Perry County too.... howdy Hi, nice to see a local here!

6 eggs/7 hens

I read an article in Chickens magazine that you can put in golf balls, she will peck and nothing will break. Also, read about filling an empty shell with mustard, if she gets a taste of it she will not like it at all, this may also prevent the eating of eggs. Oh, and wooden eggs may work too...

Wow, we really don't know what we are doing. When it comes to egg selling. We have been charging a dollar per dozen. We have large eggs too. It's difficult to sometimes close the lid to an extra large carton. Think we may have to up our price....

Loving life, raising chickens in Central Pa, Perry County

Welcome fron Central PA!

Thank you for the warm welcome. We will post pictures as soon as we get our cameras working. For some reason, we are good at the whole chicken thing, but not so good when it come to electronics/technology Our youngest son has asked about joining 4-H with chickens. We also heard you can show...

Wow, I cannot wait to try this method. We tried to hard boil eggs a few weeks ago and they did not peel at all. I was very discouraged. Thanks for the idea!

My husband and I live way out in the country of Perry County, PA. Also referrred to as PeCo. Last year we started our chicken family, 4 RIR, 2 Aracauna, 1 Buff Brahma. Then the love of chickens began. They are like family. Our 2 boys love having them as pets. We call our youngest son, the...