Raising layer chickens is one of the best ways to provide for your own family. Not only are laying hens easy to care for, but they are also one of the least expensive types of livestock you can ...
Dominique Chicken: America’s Oldest Breed
If you’ve ever seen a Barred Plymouth Rock, Dominique Chickens may appear quite familiar. Despite carrying some similarities to the popular Barred Plymouth Rock, Dominiques have their own unique ...
4 Ways to Tell If Your Eggs Have Gone Bad
If you produce a lot of your own food at home, whether it’s vegetables, meat, or eggs, you have plenty of benefits to enjoy. Not only is your food not loaded with preservatives or other nasty ...
Dorking Chicken: Excellent Winter Egg Layers and Meat Producers
Dorking chickens are an excellent breed for homesteading and sustainable farming with some characteristics that aren’t found in just any chicken. This breed is well known for excellent meat qualities ...
A Complete Shopping Guide to Buying Chicks Online
Raising chickens is one of the most enjoyable pastimes you can have - and there’s nothing quite like owning the whole process, from start to finish. While many people prefer incubating their ...
Heritage Breed Chickens and Why We Love Them
Heritage breeds, heritage meat, what does all of this mean? You may have heard a decent bit of hype regarding heritage chickens, pigs, goats and cows but just don’t know exactly what it means. A ...
Rooster Spurs: Should You Trim or Remove Them, and How to Do It
It's finally happened. Your sweet young rooster has grown some vicious-looking spurs. And you've never watched your back around him before, but those talons are creeping you out...big time. You're ...
Hamburg Chicken: Compact, Beautiful, Prolific Egg Layers
Hamburg Chickens are very elegant egg producers, show birds, and free rangers. You won’t find a Hamburg that likes confinement, but they are sure to provide beauty and entertainment as they strut ...
Should You Help a Chick Hatch from Its Egg? And How to Do It
There’s nothing more exciting than hearing that first tiny chirp. You’ve painstakingly, and impatiently, monitored your incubator... almost obsessively. Hey, no judgment here, I’m a nervous wreck ...