Silkie was one of our first batch of chicks. He’s now a six-year-old rooster, and the last survivor. The last of his hens died last winter. His only friends now are dogs and goats – and he seems to think he is a dog! He comes running whenever we step outside, and greets Suellen’s car [...]
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Q&A: What Is My Hen Doing?
Q: I have one hen that’s acting weird! She’s outside in the dirt, digging a hole, rubbing in the dirt?? A: It sounds like she’s dust bathing. Chickens love to dust bath – they’ll dig a hole and toss the loose dirt up over their feathers. Sometimes they’ll do this for hours – and sometimes [...]
Chicken Feed: Beware of Arsenic
Two children in northern Utah were found to have toxic levels of arsenic in their blood– and the cause was eggs from their backyard chickens. The Utah Department of Health traced the source of the arsenic to commercial chicken feed made by IFA. IFA insists that it does not add arsenic to its feed. UDH [...]
Summer Recipe: Apricot Chicken
Here’s a marinade I created for barbecued chicken, inspired by the fresh ingredients we had on hand. The amounts are flexible, make it to your own taste. But beware: it’s tasty– People sometimes eat it by the spoonful! 1 cup apricots, pitted 1/2 stalk rhubarb, chopped 1 jalapeno pepper, or to taste 1/4 cup apple [...]
Canada’s Egg Police: Industry vs. Small Farmers
In Canada, a small farmer with 99 or fewer hens can sell “ungraded” eggs at his/her gate, but nowhere else. So a small farmer who sells eggs at the farmers market is breaking the law. With prices for farmstead eggs skyrocketing, industrial egg producers are fighting back against what they see as an infringement [...]
Ranch Picture of the Day
(Brigette Adams Photo) TWEETER
Ranch Picture of the Day
(DJ Mitchell Photo) This is my rooster Silky. As you can tell he is a very calm rooster. If a rooster or hen is turned on to their back they will fall asleep.
Ranch Picture of the Day
(Suellen Hockey Photo) I took this photo using my left hand. The picture I was trying for was of our faces. There is a second delay before my camera actually takes a picture. During that delay the chicken on my shoulder turned around to show her tail feathers. I am laughing because I knew she had [...]
Ranch Picture of the Day
(Suellen Hockey Photo) Every time I raised my right arm up to take a picture of the chickens in the coop yard these two hens would jump up on my arm to roost. I took this picture with the camera in my left hand.
Ranch Pictures of the Day
(Suellen Hockey Photo) Snow + Sunshine = Mud Our chickens think it’s a lot fun to scratch in the mud.
