by Wendy EN Thomas of Lessons Learned from the Flock Yup, it’s true. A chicken’s egg comes out of the same opening as the poop. That’s just the design and it’s why eggs that you get from your own chickens or even from a farmer’s market are probably going to have some poop staining on […]

by Wendy EN Thomas of Lessons Learned from the Flock Yup, it’s true. A chicken’s egg comes out of the same opening as the poop. That’s just the design and it’s why eggs that you get from your own chickens or even from a farmer’s market are probably going to have some poop staining on […]

by Jennifer Sartell Photos by author We gather a lot of eggs around here. We have 42 hens, and on a good day, it’s not out of the question to collect 42 eggs, but for the most part, our daily average is around 26. This number changes depending on many factors, including the number of […]

by Jennifer Sartell In Part 3 of my incubation series, I’d like to start out by giving some tips and sharing some experience I’ve had with different styles of incubators. I’ve worked with a few different types in the past, and my favorites by far are the incubators made by Brinsea. We have four of […]

by Kimberly Furry Photos by author It was another exciting day for us! Our chicken, Sunshine, has just started laying eggs! With the unusually warm weather, she started laying this week. We weren’t expecting her to lay until spring, since we opted against supplemental lighting to get her to lay during winter. I was able […]