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Chicken Rearing 101
Capon: A castrated male used for meat. [How much could that yield?] Pullet: A female chicken under one year old. Hen: A female chicken over one year [...]
Digging Chickens
Sunnie : Hi Gina, I have some nice pictures of my girls that I'd like to share: my dog dug a hole looking for a gopher, then the [...]
Enjoying Watermelon as a Treat
MJ : I enjoy reading all the letters and it helps me a lot about the chickens. This is my first year to take care of chicks and [...]
Chickens in Summer – Keeping Chickens Cool in a Heat Wave
Regular readers of the newsletter will have already seen some cooling tips in past issues such as these 'Tips for Cooling Down in Hot Weather' and will hopefully [...]
Two Eggs Laid By One Hen in One Sitting?
Ron : I enjoy all of your info about chickens. I am new at the game. I acquired 3 hens in April and they have been doing theirjob [...]
Elvis Chickens?
Pam : My husband was told about Elvis chickens that lay all year round. I have tried looking them up and cannot find their technical name, or anything [...]
“I blame cartoons and movies with perpetuating the myth that roosters crow only at dawn.”
“Pullet parenthood is as much of an adventure as child rearing, only with more feces per pound of body weight.”