Whether it be for a competition, holiday, or just for pleasure, many people enjoy putting clothes and accessories on their chickens.
Read MoreClipping chicken wings is a good skill to have if you’re going to raise backyard chickens. Unlike humans, who periodically get a haircut, shave, and nail trim, most chickens are pretty well equipped to take care of their own trims.
Read MorePoultry is one of the most popular projects in 4-H and I often get asked how to choose the best show chickens. Why is the poultry project so popular?
Read MoreMy experience hatching duck eggs led me to ask: Will chickens foster eggs from another species and raise them? The answer was, absolutely!
Read MoreThere are a couple of different ways you can expand your flock, but my go-to is using the best broody hens in my flock.
Read MoreNovelist Della Galton lives in Dorset, England, with her partner, Gordon, a flock of chickens, and three dogs. She enjoys baking carrot cake with her hens’ eggs, and routinely forgets to include the carrots, usually finding them on the kitchen worktop an hour later.
Read MoreRooster’s rock! They are beautiful, majestic, and handsome gents, and I love them … well, some of them.
Read MoreBathing poultry before a show is very common in the world of 4-H and chicken breeding. It’s all about keeping Fluffy clean and, well, fluffy.
Read MoreAdd to Favorites By Christine Heinrichs, California BANTAMS Nankin Nankins have a unique black-tailed red color pattern. Males are ginger red color with orange red hackles and saddle. Their tails …
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