Natural Chicken Keeping

Molting season is upon us, and with it comes a reduction in egg production and possibly some raggedy-looking chickens. In th...

Warning! The following post contains graphic material. Some time ago, we ran an article on this very subject, complete with artistic ...

At first you think your hens aren't laying like they used to. Fewer and fewer eggs appear in the nest box. And then one day you decide...

If you have not already read the story of how one of my fertile and developing eggs was cracked, you can read it HERE . I should mention ...

I had 3 Swedish Flower Hen eggs in the incubator and all were developing nicely at day 6 when another of my girls went broody. Once I was ...

Well this wasn’t the post I had planned on doing today, but when I trotted outside with my camera to capture some artistic chicken sh...

By Leigh As chicken keepers, many of us worry if our flock is getting enough of the necessary minerals, vitamins and nutrients. Mode...

By Jane, AKA Mumsy   Artificial incubation of chicken eggs is nothing new. Since earliest history keeping there are accoun...