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Hi I've tried "scratch feed" that resulted in egg yokes of store bought color. Found out that "Wild bird mix" produced a darker color yoke. After a while I noticed that there was a high percentage of red & white millet laying on the ground, going to waste. Not wanting to be paying for seeds the...

If you only have a few hens picking greens for them is great. I have 20 adults & 12 chicks so picking for them would be a bit time consuming. Hope you haven't sprayed any herbicides or pesticides on your lawn prior to collecting greens, It may end up in the eggs and meat if you eat them.

A while back I was letting my hens free range, until the head count started dropping. The culprit turned out to be a pair of Golden Eagles. Well they are an endangered species so I couldn't do much about it. My choices were feed the Eagles or pen up my hens. I chose the latter. It wasn't long...

A while back I was letting my hens free range, until the head count started dropping. The culprit turned out to be a pair of Golden Eagles. Well they are an endangered species so I couldn't do much about it. My choices were feed the Eagles or pen up my hens. I chose the latter. It wasn't long...

My plan was to free range my hens & was enjoying the wonderful flavor of the eggs that result from free range hens, until my hens started disappearing. One afternoon I happened to be out & watched a golden eagle swoop down & start to carry off one of my hens, she squirmed & flapped enough to...

Try a light dusting of the area with Diatomaceous earth. I have been using it since I started raising hens & have little to no insect problems at all. What hapless insects that do stray into the pen the hens greedily devour. The Diatomaceous earth is a completely benign substance that works by...