From the monthly archives:
While we’re on the subject of roosters, I thought we’d take the time to answer some quick questions you all have sent that require short answers…
“Do you have to have a rooster to get your hen to lay eggs?” ~ Dana 7 years old
Hi Dana, thanks for writing.
A hen will lay eggs with or without [...]
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“Is there a way to limit a young rooster from crowing or is there anything that you can do to “condition or train” him from excessive crowing. He doesn’t bother me, but I live on the edge of a camp and I get some mild complaints from volunteers who sleep in nearby cabins about his [...]
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Several of you wrote in with tips on peeling hard boiled eggs that are fresh after reading last week’s issue. Thank you all for your tips, some of them are new to me and I look forward to trying them. Here’s a few that represent the many ideas we received…
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“Hi Wendy, Do roosters go through a period of molting? I have a beautiful Blue Lace Windot rooster that has lost his tail feathers first and then lots of feathers on his head and neck. I put no-pick lotion on him. No luck. He still is losing feathers. I have examined him for mites and [...]
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“We are new to keeping chickens and I have a question; is it safe for me to interact with my chickens when I am pregnant? We think we have 5 hens, none of them are crowing anyway. They are 14 weeks old and I’ve really enjoyed taking care of our little flock. We were very [...]
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“Hi there, we seem to have a problem with our eggs when they are boiled the egg shells do not separate from the egg white, so we actually dismember part of the egg white when peeling them. I don’t think that it is a problem with how we are boiling them because if we boil [...]
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