Recent content by The Ladies' Mom

You can't freeze eggs in their shells because the contents expand and crack them. You can use an ice cube tray: put 1 egg in each section AND BREAK THE YOLK. Perfect for when you need just one egg or two for baking or cooking. Alternatively, you can lightly scramble several eggs (enough to be...

Our 16 sweet young ladies lay way too many eggs for the 2 of us to consume. Here's what we do: Eat what we want; freeze some in case they stop laying; share with friends. Far and away the most enjoyable thing I do is every couple of weeks I gather my extra cartons of eggs and take them into our...

Brought home 7 chicks yesterday. All seemed active and well when purchased. This one chirped loudly all the way home. Once bedded down, she just couldn't seem to get her legs under her. Chirped loudly for awhile, then stopped. Mostly just sits like a little ball of fluff, away from the others...

We're new to rasing chickens and relied on our local farm store to help us know what to do. We fed starter food to our 6 chicks until we ran out (20# bag), which took just a few weeks - after which we were advised to go ahead and feed Layena crumble. We also feed "extras" such as berries...