When raising chickens a broody hen is inevitable and now what to do to stop the other hens from laying in the nest.
I’m sure we can all name one thing we have learned from our chickens. Well I ran across this post from Gardening 4 Life blog where the owner told the Top 10 Things I’ve Learned From My Chickens.
When I read the post it made me sit back and think about what my chickens have taught [...]
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I could not contain myself when I saw the ad on Craigslist for Rhode Island Red baby chickens, so here I am raising baby chickens again.
I bought 25 of the cutest little biddies and they range in age from days old to approximately 3 weeks old. One looked like it could have been born that [...]
Mad chicken on the loose…Beware!
Not really a mad chicken, she’s just a brooding hen! She comes flying out of the coop to get a little exercise after being on the eggs for days and she wants no one to get around her. Do you ever have any days like that? I know [...]
Isn’t it amazing how animals instinctively know how to take care of their young? Watching Rhoda with her new little biddies is just amazing to me. In this picture below she is clucking to them to come over and eat what is presented in front of them.
I think it is so cute watching [...]