Chicken tractors are a popular method of housing and grazing birds on the homestead. One significant feature of these chicken tractors is that they move, but they need something to move them! Let’s talk about some considerations when picking a tractor for tractor coops, or conversely, features to consider for your tractor coops to work … Read more
Marissa Ames and Carla Tilghman answer your poultry questions about dog training, molting, duck behavior and more. Dog Training We’re owners of a 1-year-old female Pyrenees. Yesterday, she allowed our neighbor’s German Shepherd to kill our favorite hen. When I went to the barn to investigate, my Pyrenees was lying near the neighbor’s dog, who … Read more
News that you can use. Keep up with poultry and waterfowl news, new developments and fun stories from around the world. By Kenny Coogan and Carla Tighman Ancient DNA reveals how a chicken virus evolved to become more deadly A team of archaeologists, disease biologists, and geneticists have recovered and reconstructed an ancient specimen of … Read more
Rachele Paulus shares detailed information for goose incubation. Story and photos by Rachele Paulus We are Fly Away Home Farm, nestled in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. We specialize in breeding Sebastopol geese. The name of our farm was inspired by a major motion film, “Fly Away Home.” We fell in love with the threatened species Sebastopol … Read more
Reading Time: 7 minutes By Pascale Pearce of Brinsea – the Incubation Specialists – If you’re considering hatching your own flock of backyard chickens here’s a few things you need to know for hatching eggs successfully in an incubator. For embryos to develop correctly, eggs need to be kept at the right temperature, turned often and … Read more
Reading Time: 6 minutes Add to your flock by hatching eggs in the incubator from a quality egg seller and experience the joy of welcoming new life. Hatching eggs is a great way to add to your homestead flock. There are three ways to get chicks for your flock. The first is to keep a … Read more
By Dalia Montrosso, President of Chickenlandia I remember it like it was yesterday. I had just returned from the farm store. In my hands was a paper sack containing ten tiny, peeping chicks. By the time I picked them out they already knew how to peck and scratch like miniscule dinosaurs. Surely my anxiety about … Read more
No matter which team you’re rooting for during the Big Game, you can count on football and chicken wings as a winning menu lineup. Regardless of how you get chicken wings to your cheering section or what your go-to dip is, Americans love the iconic pairing so incredibly much that together, we’re projected to … Read more
Reading Time: 6 minutes BREED: The Bourbon Red turkey is named for Bourbon County, Kentucky (the home of its original breeder, J. F. Barbee) and their rich, dark red plumage. ORIGIN: Turkeys were already domesticated in Mexico and Central America by the 1500s when the Spanish first explored the area. Although their plumage was normally … Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Marissa Ames and Carla Tilghman SCALY LEG MITES Is this scaly leg mites? Two of my hens look like this. They walk around fine, but their legs look wrong. What do I do?Lisa Scaly leg mites. Photo by Lisa Magnus. Lisa,Thanks for sharing the photo. Yes, this is scaly leg … Read more