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What I'm trying to say is that I'm thankful for the community we've all built together. Not only is it (often) illegal, but also, we don't usually kill animals we name and snuggle.

Everyone's out hunting for a nice meal, and that can get ugly. Last week, my flock survived nights reaching 0 degrees F, but next weekend it's going to be 52 degrees in Louisville.

Store them pointy end down to maximize freshness. Rotate your room-temperature stock more regularly than you would refrigerated stock, and use the oldest eggs first. Always keep them dry.

The girls just sat there. Read more of Chicken Quarters » Tags Chicken Quarters , chickens , coop , hens , snow She was the only chicken to leave the coop that day, but she avoided the snow.

If I crack it open and find only egg white, it's a fairy egg. In fact, most egg anomalies are fun, and just another science lesson from nature. One of my pullets lays very pale brown eggs, and she's just surprised me with a miniature egg, about half the...

The annual molt happens with no warning. Feathers will decompose in a compost bin, if you've got the determination to pick them up. The annual molt isn't a common topic concerning the characteristics of individual breeds.

While looking at plans, we ran into the same issue as with the PVC pipe feeder: We simply didn't have the time to build one or the money to buy one. This photo shows a side-by-side comparison and design for a homemade model.

The light is oppressive, even if you're using a red bulb. Read more of Chicken Quarters » Tags brooder , chick , Chicken Quarters , chicks , feed , flock , heat lamps Had the Lavender Orp lived, I would have found a way, but after they were all buried,...

When I started raising my first flock of chickens, I would sometimes start a conversation with something like, “So sorry I'm late! I had to chase a chicken.” It was always true, of course, but it was a great conversation starter about my favorite...

She drank quite a bit, stumbling through the puddle on tired, wobbly legs. I prepared myself for losing her through the night. I held her periodically and talked to her gently. I secretly hoped Peace didn't get any more peaceful than she was, unable to...

If you process your own meat chickens under the sun in your own yard, your chickens will love whatever falls to the ground. While it will disgust you, it's perfectly OK for them to eat their raw friends.

Read more of Chicken Quarters » Tags chickens , coop design , Lists It might make getting in a little more difficult, but hungry animals don't mind a challenge. If a predator manages to rip chicken wire, it can pull to create a larger opening.

A proponent of sustainability, she'd love to sell you eggs from her flock, but she'd prefer you to raise your own hens. The various shapes and colors spark the ‘who laid this egg' conversation.

Butter, divided 1 to 2 T. Http://www.urbanfarmonline.com/images/blogs/pate_800.jpg pate, pate, chicken liver, chicken livers, foie gras jhausman Tags Hungry Locavore , locavore Add livers and saute gently until no longer red and cooked through.

Some plants and flowers are edible and healthy for chickens to eat. Like a domino effect, anemia leads to ill health, lower egg production and weight loss. Some dust-bath recipes call for diatomaceous earth as an ingredient, but I don't recommend using...

This week, our pullets turn 1 year old, and they will now be known as hens. Centuries ago when people raised Gallus gallus domesticus (aka, the chicken), they called the birds fowl.

All I know is whose eggs they're not. Age With four hens nearing their fifth birthday, one could simply be declining in health. A calcium supplement is added to many commercial chicken feeds, but more can be offered free-choice in the form of oyster shell...

Mobile Poultry Processing Mobile slaughter units appear to be the most immediate answer to the waning number of slaughterhouses. Conversely, during the last five years, the number of small farmers has increased by 108,000.

Stress Happy, healthy hens lay more eggs. The molt can be a stressful time for some chickens. Feed Chicken feed is formulated to provide everything a flock needs. Do you think you must be doing something wrong?

Mimic A Peaceful Sunrise Nobody likes to wake up to someone flipping on the lights, so don't do it to your chickens. Use a dimmer with a timer if possible. When our hens are eating more feed during the dark months, the temptation to supplement light and...

Allspice?), or merging them by substituting pumpkin-pie spice, are just fine. So how do you address those persistent sweet attacks? I like to bake small loaves and freeze one, but for an impressive gift, make a larger loaf.

Because they range and get all the yummy goodies they love, their eggs are full of Omega vitamins and are safer, healthier and tastier than store bought eggs. Our eggs come from very happy hens that come running when I go out my back door.

Chicken keepers and experts spend a lot of time promoting the aesthetic benefits of raising chickens and swapping advice about keeping a coop clean, but we rarely put the two together.

That was four years ago—when we knew the 4-foot-tall chain-link wasn't going to do the job of keeping our birds contained or safe from neighborhood dogs and other predators. It also had a rambunctious mosquito and tick problem.

But, if you don't drink your well water for reasons like heavy metal contamination, chemical pollutants or microorganisms, remember you are what you eat—and you are what your food eats, too.

The germs are on the feathers, beak, feces, feet and in the coop. Several Urban Farm readers have submitted their reactions to the CDC's warnings. Probably not, but mine definitely!” Let's Get Clinical: Keep Your Chicks Clean There are more than 25,000...

(Pity the poor mouse that finds itself surrounded by chickens.) Typically, chickens are fed mash, finely ground feed and scratch—grains that have been coarsely chopped. Chickens are creatures of habit, as you might have already learned through simple...