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What Kind of Chicken is That?

Will they be good layers? I have to admit I am still a chicken breeding virgin, and it seems like the more I learn about chicken breeding the less I understand. Three things are certain. They eat and drink and sh*t.

About that Incubator

My idea of what’s natural is pretty half baked when it comes to chickens. We’re in a compromised situation. In 2016 there is hardly such a thing as a “natural” chicken, that would just “naturally” sit on her eggs until they hatch.

Hen Talk

I couldn’t tell you what it all means, but hens are not short on chicken talk. It seems that they have especially a lot to say when they are getting in, in, or getting out of a nesting box.

Chicken Keeping Honeymoon

We are still excited enough about our eggs for the whole family to keep count of how many we collect each day. Today I collected eight for the first time.