Some months ago, I received an interesting item in the mail from a favorite company of mine, located on line at www.ChickenWaterer.com. You may recall that I wrote, a year or so ago, about the BriteTap waterer (Product Review: BriteTap Chicken Waterer) …now the same group is offering a BriteTap feeder, and they kindly offered […]

by Wendy EN Thomas of Lessons Learned from the Flock For some people, chickens are just chickens, a way to get food (both eggs and meat.) For others though, chickens have made a very important connection between what we eat and how it is made. When you realize, (and I mean finally understand) that it […]

by Meredith Chilson Will you be buying eggs to hatch or ordering chicks this spring?  Have you ordered yet?  Do you have a specific breed in mind, or are you going to be a little adventurous and order a few chicks of a different breed? I’d like to suggest you consider Marans—specifically Black Copper Marans.  […]

by Meredith Chilson This is the time of year that our thoughts turn to gifts and our minds begin to reflect on the past, isn’t it? I want to share with you some reflections of the gifts my chickens have given me. Many of the gifts are lessons taught to me, and I’m passing these […]

by Wendy EN Thomas of Lessons Learned from the Flock I recently spoke with an editor about people having backyard chickens. I was trying to pitch a local story for a magazine. “Chickens,” she asked me, “aren’t people over that?” I wasn’t quite sure what to say to her, the person who was implying that […]