Anyone who has reared chickens knows a first flock can go very well or go wrong fast. Much of that comes down to breed choice ...

Eric Stromberg: [00:00:00] A few reasons to keep roosters on the farm. Some people like the actual noise that they crow and they make a lot of people will keep a rooster as kind of that first line of ...

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I hadn’t kept bantams until, about six years ago, a friend gave me two Lavender Pekins. Quickly named Pam and Betty, after my beloved Bolton aunt and granny, they proved as feisty and formidable as ...

The homesteaders at Mason Dixon Acres guide beginners through successfully raising egg-laying chickens with simple, effective care techniques.

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Feeling like a spring chicken? Or maybe the weather has you about to lay an egg? Well, before you break out the chicken wire and roost in the coop, we have some things you should know. Stephanie ...