After chasing one of the roosters around the yard trying to show him who is boss, I found this thread and will be having chicken dinner soon! Thanks!! I'm glad I'm not the only one being abused by their "pets"!
Even store bought eggs gave me headaches when it came time to peel them! I googled it and saw advice on how to steam them and I have done 2 batches (16 eggs total of newly laid eggs) and each and everyone of them came out perfectly! The shells practically fell off of them! Just google "Steam...
My chickens seemed to have difficulty eating the veggie scraps I was giving them, so I started blending them in the food processor. They come out in very small chunks. There is a lot less waste and whatever mess they make just breaks down in the yard. I have 2 containers in the fridge. One...
This is our first year with chickens. We ended up with 3 roosters and 3 hens. I know our mix is way off but we only wanted 6 chickens. The Bantam rooster is only aggressive with us, but there are 2 RIR. The dominate one won't let the other RIR in the coop at night, so he has taken to roosting...