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This is my first year in this house and the previous owner was quite the flower gardener. Don't get me wrong, I like flowers, but if you can't eat them they are not a priority. I kicked back and observed all the plants that emerged this past Spring and Summer so this year I'll know what I'm...

Thank you. There has been a lot of back and forth on this issue of chemical pesticides. Does anyone remember Rachel Carson and her book "Silent Spring?" Would you eat anything dusted with Round Up? You likely do unless you grow your own vegetables organically. My main point is that you can raise...

Let's just say I prefer to be cautious. And it wasn't Round Up, it was heavy duty fertilizer in addition to insecticides. All these chemicals to keep grass green over a septic drain field??? I don't use chemicals at all, only naturally occurring organics. That and the high population of hawks in...

This post just reminded me of the other reason I have not fee ranged my chickens yet. I purchased this property in March of last year. The previous owner was very much into fertilizers and weed killers etc., for the "beautiful" grass. I thought it would be best to let the chemicals dissipate for...

I don't believe this changes the color of the yolks. I too feed my little flock butternut squash, grown organically from my own garden. They don't get this all the time and still the yolk colors remain pretty much the same. I'm not going for dark yolks, the chickens like the squash and I know...

LOL! I didn't think chicken poo could smell any worse. Thanks for the warning.

Good to know. Thanks!

OK, I had to jump in on grocery store eggs. This is what convinced me to get my own chickens. Eggs from your average grocery store are old when they finally make it to the refrigerator case - packing, shipping and setting up in the store. Then you deal with what eggs sell quicker - that's...

I wonder how long it takes for the flavor to make it's way to the egg? Or does it?

I'm not sure about feeding them pine needles. Will it affect the taste of the eggs? I don't free range my little flock due to the robust hawk population around here. They only get what ever bugs might stumble into the coop ad run, however I do feed them mealworms along with some corn before...