HEN - Binder Spreaders

While they may not seem like the most obviously affectionate of animals, most backyard chickens grow very accustomed to their owners, often delighting in being picked up, petted and talked to in a soft and gentle manner. It is essential that as a backyard chicken keeper you know how to properly and safely catch and hold your chickens. Not only to show them a little love and affection and get them use to human touch and handling, for those times where you might need to place them back

The Leghorn chicken is a Mediterranean breed of Italian origin selected in the United States as a laying bird. The only one currently used in the industrial production of white eggs. The population maintained in the conservation program as control of quality studies. This breed comes from the crossing of three different strains (Babcock, Creighton and Moun Hope) selected for laying and egg weight.Of these three strains made a crossing for commercial production of a three-way hybrid. Two of them

Lots of folks are perfectly happy to incubate their chicken eggs to produce healthy chicks. But some homesteaders really want to work with their broody hens to hatch eggs. Author Amy Fewell shares her experiences and lots of suggestions for efficient hatching with a broody hen. Rocky Beginnings I can still remember thinking that all chickens must want to hatch their own eggs. It only seemed natural, right? My goodness, was I wrong. So there I sat, years ago, wit

Blogger Elle Pugsley works with rescued chickens, giving them a safe home and loving attention.  She shares a story about the sadness of losing a hen, and unexpectedly gaining another. Rescue chicken “Bellatrix”. Photo by author. Loss I’m sorry to say I lost one of my rescue hens. It’s never easy to lose an animal, even if you haven’t had them for very long. I felt like I had failed her but realised in the short time she had with me she had been ab