Our 27 Rhode Island Red hens started laying eggs for the first time in the fall and they have not let up. That creates one small problem: what to do with all those eggs? They were piling up in the fridge faster than we could eat them or give them away. We’ve had some success […]
After our experiences the last couple of days, I’d have to say the answer to the headline question is an emphatic NO! Chickens are no fans of snow. The nor’easter that passed through here over the weekend left a beautiful blanket of six inches of the white stuff. When I opened the door to the […]
Our family’s official chicken eviscerator–my wife–is out of town, so it fell to me to slaughter and gut our 25 Freedom Ranger broilers. Boy, had they been going through the feed lately. About 100 pounds of grain a week, mainly to stay warm, I suppose, as overnight temps in these parts have occasionally dipped into […]
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