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My uncle is the asparagus king of our family. He's donated crowns to my mother my aunts and my cousin. He's going to help me space them and put them in. I have a 4x8 raised bed that I'm going to work over real well this week with compost and my uncle recommended adding some peat moss. I think I...

I'm getting some asparagus roots from my uncle next weekend. This will be my first time putting in an asparagus bed. Anyone have any tips or tricks I should know?

Koop Clean.

It was a banner day for the flock. 14/16 eggs. Even my 2 year olds are averaging 4 eggs a week.

My pullets I hatched this spring have been great layers. The hens they came from were hatchery quality barred rocks their father was a production red/white rock cross. All of their brothers went to freezer camp at 15 weeks old and dressed out at 4-5 lbs. I got about 75% black sex linked chicks...

My absolute favorite bedding is dried grass clippings. Soft fluffy and perfect in the nest boxes! Unfortunately those are not available year round so at other times I use a mix of pine shavings and hay in the coop and run. Shavings go in the nest boxes in winter.

Definitely would take a day off for a hatch! Currently I try to set eggs so they purposely hatch on a day I know I have off.

My chickens are only 18 months old so I can't speak to longevity on mine yet. However growing up my mom had a small flock and her last hen died at around 12 years old. She was a lone chicken for at least 5 years and lived with our dog, sleeping in the doghouse with her every night. I believe she...

I brood my chicks with a brinsea ecoglow in my bedroom. They have dark nights from day one and seem well adjusted. No heat lamps here. During the early spring chill my first batch went to an outside brooder in the coop at 4 weeks and had no trouble. My current littles will probably do the same...