A trail of chicken feathers…late September…ah ha! It is a sure sign that the moulting process (or molting as some may call it) has begun for some of my chickens. At least Pepper by the feathers in the picture. What is moulting? Molting is the process of shedding old feathers and bringing on new ones. [...]
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Realizing that blogs should be informational as well as entertaining, tomorrow I will be starting a series highlighting different breeds of chickens. I plan on highlighting the breeds that are good for meat birds, good pets, good layers, and so forth. I will be running this series all next week. I’m getting excited just thinking [...]
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I know this may look like a chicken massacre, but it is actually bath time in the coop. This is one of the ways chickens clean their feathers. Along with this they preen their feathers also. I don’t have any pictures of this but you will see a chicken pulling and ruffling it’s feathers with [...]
Chickens have got to be the easiest, most forgiving, creatures to manage. Hens do not need a Rooster to lay an egg. A hen is called a pullet until it is a year old; when they are a year old they become hens. Chickens keep clean through preening and dirt baths. Chickens are social birds. [...]
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