By May Woodworth Second part of three-part series on Wry Neck. See the first two parts: Part 1 Final part     The next three weeks were worrisome. Incubators were a mystery to me. Scary even. Hens and mother birds were supposed to hatch babies, not hunks of electrified plastic. Machinery in general are a […]

How to Prepare your Flock for a Pet Sitter by Kaylee Vaughn Planning a vacation can be stressful and overwhelming when it means leaving your chickens behind! I am guilty of being the crazy chicken lady who doesn’t want to leave her flock in anyone else’s care. My significant other and I have even taken […]

By May Woodworth First of a three part series on Wry Neck. See the other two parts here: Part 2 Final Part        Our friends and family know Uno’s story well. They know that his Rhode Island Red parents (Red & RooRoo) had a zany relationship. They know that Red lost interest in sitting […]

Part Two of a two-part series on butchering chickens Read Part One by Krislee Johnson Our morning started early on the day of butcher.  After breakfast and some coffee we were eager to get started.  I think we were most interested in getting past the actual act of dispatching birds.  That would be no fun […]

First of a two-part series on butchering your chickens. Read Part Two by Krislee Johnson As we prepare to butcher I am getting excited over the prospect of putting meat in our freezer. The flock is in desperate need of being thinned out after this spring’s incubator hatch. With 31 birds, three of them being […]

Story and photos by Krislee Johnson As they say, there’s a first time for everything!  Over the past month I had been hoping a couple of my birds might become broody.  Specifically, I was hoping for a broody chicken but instead a duck made my wish come true. Just Broody? Diller (aka Phyllis Diller) is […]

Jennifer Sartell Story and photos The term anthropomorphism is to assign human traits to animals or inanimate objects. Being active in many livestock forums, farm Facebook groups and other animal specific online communities, I’ve often heard this term used in an accusatory manner. Usually in the comment section of some article or post…people get upset […]

Story and photos by Lori Leigh Although chickens can be very entertaining, they can also be complex, and dare I say…frustrating.  For example, why, oh why do chickens break open eggs and eat them?  Mmm hmm…complex to understand and frustrating to stop.  Fresh eggs are one of the main reasons many people decide to raise […]

Tis the season for fleas, ticks and other creepy crawlies.  They can affect not only human health but also that of our dogs, cats and feathered friends.  Finding a natural solution is easy once you become acquainted with the power of Neem Oil. After moving to our new farm last year I tried to find […]

Jennifer Sartell Story and photos I’ve raised chickens since 1992. So that’s what?…25 years? Sheesh! Time flies when you’re raising chickens evidently. In those 25 years, I’ve noticed something. A correlation between offering a calcium supplement and difficult hatches. When I first started raising chickens there was no internet. No chicken forums, no Community Chickens. […]