Starting An Egg Selling Business
“My son is a 17 year old boy who loves animals. As his father I would like to support him. He wants to start his egg laying business in our back yard. We have no clue where to start. I would like to do this professionally. Will you help us please?” ~ Ferrel Paulse Ferrel,…
Keeping Dogs & Chickens
“Do you have any tips for helping the family dog with learning to leave the chickens alone? He’s a lab and has never been around chickens. We plan to get chicks in the spring and expose him to them right away with CLOSE supervision at all times. Thank You.” ~ Cathy Walsh Cathy, I’m so…
Keeping Multiple Roosters Within A Flock Of Hens
“I have a small flock of 5 of my favorite breeds (Delaware, Amerecauna, Buff Orpington, Welsummer & Barred Rock). I ordered a Delaware Rooster in my latest chick order as the hens are so friendly (they come running to be petted) and I’d like to see if they will hatch some eggs for next year.…
Keeping Chickens Inside and Caged
“Is it possible, or even feasible, to keep 3 or 4 chickens inside the house, in fairly large cages, until I can get moved out into the country and let them free range… Since they would be in my bedroom, I can make sure they get proper care and handling myself. Have I missed anything?”…
Keeping Chickens In Warmer Weather
“I’m new to keeping chickens, as the weather starts to get warmer do I have to take any extra precautions?” ~ Justin Vosman Justin, thank you for your question. There are some precautions you’ll need to take, especially if you live in a hot, dry climate. The most important thing your chickens need in hot…
Keeping Chickens & Ducks Together
We get so many questions about compatibility between chickens and other animals. Most often I’m asked about ducks and rabbits so I thought I’d spend some time this week addressing those issues. Are chickens compatible with ducks? Chickens are compatible with ducks in that they probably won’t fight much more with ducks than they do…
Ratio Of Hens To Roosters
“I would like to know the maximum number of hens one should have in the coop per rooster. We have 62 hens and one 2-year-old rooster that is seemingly doing his job. But, we set some eggs in the incubator and only four hatched. We were thinking maybe he has too many hens. We do…
Caponizing a Rooster
“Will caponizing a rooster stop it from crowing?” ~ Mark Heinz Hi Mark, thanks for the question. In short, the answer is “No”. If you’re interested in a detailed post about keeping roosters quiet, see… Vol 1: Issue: 2 – Wednesday 3rd December 2008 of this newsletter. One idea for keeping a rooster from crowing…
