From the monthly archives:
In the coming weeks, we’ll be talking about hatching your eggs. Before we get to that, it’s important to understand the anatomy of an egg.
It’s a little technical this week but hang in there. You’ll be candling your eggs at particular intervals throughout the incubation period and knowing what you’re looking at and looking for [...]
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“We have 3 chickens about 6 months old just started laying, could we introduce chicks into the same coop? Thanks.” ~ Gayle Kiernan
Hi Gayle thanks for the question.
Introducing new birds into an existing flock requires following a few key principles to be done successfully.
There is a definite pecking order within a flock of any size. [...]
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In the coming weeks we’ll be talking about hatching chicks and raising them through their first year and we will address nutrition for young birds at that time. But for this week, we’ll address the nutritional needs of birds that have reached the point of coming into lay.
What you put into your chickens is what [...]
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“One of my chickens (we have 3) has just laid her first egg the shell is very soft what can I do to improve the egg shell.” ~ Monica Kolb
Monica, thanks for the question.
When your hens first start to lay, often times you will find very soft shells or maybe no shell at all. You [...]
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Plants That Are Toxic To Chickens – Listed below are common plants that are known to be toxic to chickens (and most other birds). Ensure your chickens do not have ready access to such plants, especially if you are free ranging your chickens…
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