Posts Tagged With: Back Yard chickens
Safe Eggs = Clean Coops
The TV has been reporting that a major egg produce has been kicked to the curb by McDonald’s. It has been reported that this egg producer was inhumane and unsanitary. It really drives home how wonderful the backyard flock is. It also serves as a reminder that backyard flocks are work to keep. Keeping sanitary [...]
Curley Lays an Egg!
We added six chicks to our flock this spring, and they are now at 18 and 15 weeks old. This is early to be looking for eggs from this crew, but yesterday we got our first egg from the new crew. A nice blue-green turquoise sort of egg. The early layer is an Easter Egger, [...]
The Perils of Being a Rooster
Poultry is enjoying a revival. There are folks all over the country who are taking on two or three hens, many of them in cities. This is good in many ways, as our society becomes less agricultural people become more distanced from their food. It is also bad in a different way, as we aren’t [...]
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