May 13
If you raise chickens for meat then you know what a job plucking the chickens can be. Achorn farm has a tutorial on building a chicken plucker using parts he found around the homestead. Pretty neat way to get the job done. http://achornfarm.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-build-chicken-plucker_30.html
May 11
This is a video showing how to take part an old hen and how Andy & Sue ( amazing creative people) built a new hen house from reclaimed wood pallets. Time, effort and creative nature can have outstanding results. Click below to view video: . . Click here to view the website: http://thegreenlever.blogspot.com/2012/09/pallet-wood-hen-house-and-prototype-for.html
May 11
Backwoods Home Magazine shares a great article on how to safely milk a cow for beginners. Many people don’t realize but does seem like common sense to anyone raised on a farm that the cow will have had a calf for the milk to begin flowing. I personally have never owned a cow so this …
May 10
Poultry Keeper website shares a interactive list of ninety two different chicken breeds. For every chicken breed there is a picture of what the chicken looks like, the name of the breed and a click able link taking you to a separate page full of tons of facts about just that breed. Wow, I wandered …
May 08
Mother earth news has a great article about guinea fowl. They say “Compared to chickens, guinea fowl are low-cost and low-maintenance, and do a standout job as chemical-free pest control.” Loads of information on them. Seems the kill ticks,rodents and even snakes so they would make good pest controllers.
May 07
Community Chickens blog share nine different areas to check when giving a chicken a health check up. Comb, eyes, crop, breast/abdomen, wings, vent, legs, feet and the overall health of the chicken are the areas to look over. The article will go in depth of what and how to examine each area. Taking proper care …
May 03
Frugally Sustainable website shares a recipe on how to make an herbal feed supplement for backyard chickens. Herbs are great sources of vitamins and can be the best form of prevention medicine. Look below to find where to get all the ingredients to the recipe.
May 02
I had never heard of this until I landed on The Chicken chick page. It looks painful for the poor little chicken. It can happen for a few different reason and this article tells you how to treat it so that it doesn’t stay that way. If it does stay that way I guess the …
Apr 30
Very informative article on examining your chickens from Ohio State University. Discusses every part of the bird and what is right and what to watch for. They have a downloadable pdf of it as well. http://ohioline.osu.edu/vme-fact/0020.html
Apr 29
Backyard Chickens website shares a very detailed chicken coop do it yourself project with over thirty five pictures to help you along the way as you build. It is designed so that the roof, house and the base are all three separate pieces from one so it can be taken apart a couple times a …
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