Once they start laying ... It’s an all-you-can-eat oyster-shell fest these days. By the way, your eggs can also be helpful in understanding if the chickens have calcium issues.

You have no doubt heard about roosters and hens, but do you know the difference? When it comes to a rooster vs hen, how can you ... ability to lay eggs and take care of baby chickens.

Why does the rooster crow and the hen does not? This question prompted the scientist Arnold Adolph Berthold to castrate a ...

Once your chickens start laying (and this ... the calcium (remember, eggs are 96% calcium). The food-shaming in my coop ceased immediately (I swear). It’s an all-you-can-eat oyster-shell fest ...

The study provides insights into the development of birds, revealing an interplay of hormone-dependent and ...

When it comes to a rooster vs hen, how can you tell them apart ... In case it wasn’t clear by this point, hens lay eggs while roosters cannot. However, baby chickens are not born without the help of a ...

Who knew males can be useful? Roosters ... chickens. This keeps your flock manageable but also doesn’t decimate the project if something happens. It will give you a steady supply of eggs without ...

Paul and Neil Couvee look back on 80 years of the Couvee family at Chip-In Farm in Bedford. “If you had told me 20 years ago ...