by Marie | Sep 28, 2020 | Breed Spotlight, Chickens
Breed Spotlight: The Ameraucana The blue egg laying chicken breeds have enjoyed a surge in popularity over the past several years. Because of this, the Ameraucana chicken breed has become more commonly seen in backyard flocks since the breed’s development in the... 
by Marie | Aug 24, 2020 | Breed Spotlight
Breed Spotlight: The Wyandotte The Wyandotte chicken breed is named after the Native American Wyandotte tribe that originated in the upstate New York and Ontario, Canada area in the early 1870’s. In spite of the breed’s name, there is no known historical connection... 
by Marie | Jul 27, 2020 | Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces, Poultry Health & Wellness
How To Train Hens To Lay In Nest Boxes You carefully selected your chicks, cared for them for weeks in the brooder, successfully moved them out to their coop when the time was right, and now they are beginning to lay their first eggs. But they are laying them... 
by Marie | Jul 20, 2020 | Breed Spotlight
Breed Spotlight: Barred Plymouth Rock Of all the chicken breeds that exist in the United States, perhaps none are as iconic as the Barred Plymouth Rock. As a very young girl, I recall my first exposure to chickens involved a Barred Rock. My great-grandmother had a... 
by Marie | Jul 13, 2020 | Poultry Health & Wellness
What To Feed Chickens To Have Deep Yellow Egg Yolks Many people believe that eggs with dark yellow or sunset orange yolks taste richer and are healthier for you. While there isn’t much scientific research available that supports this theory, most of us can’t deny the...