In Missouri, the yearly ‘personal property tax’ assessment includes livestock, (which includes chickens) and you have to state how many you have each Jan 1. I have used a similar chicken math method to come up with 4 hens each year. If I ever need to prove I was correct in stating 4, I will...
When I got an incubator to hatch my hen's eggs, I wanted to create a new breed blend, and I wanted a separate small coop for them. We looked at what is available commercially, and didn't find anything of suitable quality. My husband said he'd build me one. The cost was under $150, but we...
I don't get a lot of extras but when I do, I feed them (scrambled) to the hens. If I get enough this summer, I'll share with the neighbor who offered to chicken-sit if/when we go somewhere....
Favorite egg recipe--Shakshouka, eggs poached in a rich tomato sauce, you can find a plethora of...
Every time I walk out the door with my little bucket of kitchen scraps, the chickens come running and follow me to our small fenced-in compost pile. They like to hop in and dig thru to find goodies. (fence is only 18" high) One afternoon, they didn’t notice me, so I emptied my bucket and headed...
Nice article! What is the source of the nutrition chart? Surely those numbers will vary a lot depending on the amount and type of area the hens have for roaming, plus time of year, type of feed, etc.