Chicken Junkie : Everything You Need To Know About Chickens

1. You Might Be A Chicken Ju...

When we decided to get a few chickens for our acreage, we never dreamed that we would be overrun with poultry within 6 short months.

2. Why Do You Want To Get Ch...

The answer to this question will help you decide which type of chickens would suit your needs and which breed would be best for you.

3. Which Chicken Breed Is Be...

The physical traits used to distinguish chicken breeds are size, plumage color, comb type, skin color, number of toes, amount of feathering, earlobe color, egg color, and place of origin.

4. Hatching Chickens The Old...

I think I inherited my love of chickens from my grandmother. She raised hens and hatched baby chicks by the hundreds...

5. Good Old Fried Chicken

My Mom used to make fried chicken like this and it is so good. It's real comfort food with mashed potatoes and gravy and corn on the cob. Add some fresh baked biscuits and you'll think you died and went to heaven.

How To Hatch Chicks – Dry Hatch Me...

We just set our first batch of eggs in our new HovaBator 1620 still air incubator. We plan on adding a fan to the incubator for the next hatch, but are experimenting a bit with this clutch of 22 eggs.

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

This is one of those comfort foods that everyone loves. It's so easy to make, but they'll think you slaved over a hot stove all day making this from scratch.

How To Keep the Hens Warm

We really buttoned up our chicken coop early this fall with straw about 8 inches deep on the concrete floor and straw stuffed in the outside double walls.

Free Range Eggs Or Store Bought

There are so many people that don't know the difference between eggs from free range or pastured hens, eggs from hens kept in a coop and/or run, and the eggs bought at the supermarket.