If you were to take a home-grown egg and a typical grocery store (factory farmed) egg, crack them, and compare them, the most obvious difference would be the […]
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Why Do Chickens Take Dust Baths?
Today was a reasonably warm (for February) day. I was outside measuring maples and black walnuts to see which trees I’ll be able to tap this season, so […]
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Basic Chicken Terminology
Scrolling though various chicken related social media can cause your head to spin with all of the different terminology. I was a bit overwhelmed when I first started […]
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Why Do Chickens Stop Laying Eggs In The Winter And Should You Stagger Your Flock?
Prior to raising chickens, I’d never given much thought to their egg cycle. I envisioned a bucolic scene, farmers carrying their egg gathering baskets and collecting eggs every […]
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Cluckles: Why I’ll Always Have A Rooster
In the years of research prior to when I started out with chickens, I read countless horror stories about roosters. People unable to gather eggs, feed/water their flock, […]
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How Does A Chicken Form An Egg?
It’s common knowledge that the eggs we are most acquainted with in the grocery store are laid by female chickens. But the details behind how the hen forms […]
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Fresh Eggs, The Bloom, and How I Store My Eggs
When I studied abroad in Spain, I was surprised that rather than finding eggs in the refrigerated section of the grocery store, they were in a regular aisle […]