by Melissa Caughey of Tilly’s Nest   If you are like me and purchased baby chicks this past spring, soon enough your pullets will begin to lay their first eggs. For first time chicken keepers, sometimes the anticipation alone can make you feel like a kid on Christmas morning. The best part, is that feeling of […]

By Meredith Chilson It’s nearly too late in the season to remind you of this. But, because I just now remembered it myself–while out in the pumpkin patch, no less– here’s your reminder: SAVE THE EGGS!! It’s possible that your chickens are beginning to slow down egg production already as they head into molt season […]

by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm Scrambled eggs are a relatively simple meal. If you eat eggs, chances are you’ve had them scrambled. Even the most amateur of cooks can usually master something resembling scrambled eggs right, so why write a post about them? It’s true that when it comes to eggs, scrambled is […]

by Debbie Bosworth One of the conundrums we backyard chicken keepers face is the abundance of farm fresh eggs we have come this time of year. That’s why I love to make quiche. They are so quick and easy and the recipes can be varied based on what you have on hand in your refrigerator. […]

So after googling until I thought I’d go cross-eyed, I found that other than growing their own veggies, a lot of people were also choosing to raise their own hens because apparently the process that the eggs we buy go through isn’t exactly the greatest. … Shocker! What I found was disturbing to say the […]

Salmonella is most often contracted from un-cooked or under-cooked eggs and raw chicken.  Most often contracted by chickens who come in contact with feces from infected rodents, the bacteria can then be transmitted to humans who eat improperly cooked meat or eggs or who put their hands in their mouth after touching chickens or eggs. […]

by Jennifer Sartell Photos by author I think every backyard chicken keeper can agree that chickens are beautiful! When the sun hits our French Black Copper Maran rooster, his black feathers glow in iridescent greens and blues that would give any exotic bird a run for its money. Their intricate patterns, brilliant colors and hundreds […]

by Meredith Chilson Photos by author It’s a long story.  Several weeks ago, when we moved the teenagers into the main coop, our Buff Orpington hen, Mrs. Feathers, was so intrigued with the new birds that, apparently, she decided she wanted babies of her own.  She retreated to a nesting box, fluffed up her feathers, […]

by Rebecca Nickols Photos by author It is officially spring now, but for southern Missouri the weather has been unseasonably warm for months. We’ve had one of the warmest winters on record and during the last several weeks the temperature has averaged in the 70s and 80s°F. (I hope we won’t be zapped by an […]

by Jennifer Burcke In my last post, I shared the horror of finding two frozen and cracked eggs waiting for me in our coop on a frigid January morning. I removed their shells and placed them in a bowl in the hopes that they would defrost and be usable in a baking recipe. After they […]