Homesteading

We often get asked questions about raising chickens, so here are some answers and blog posts about our chickens for your enjoyment!
Black Spot on Rooster's Comb This is about a mysterious black swollen spot on a young rooster's comb.
Frostbite on Rooster's Comb

Separating Chickens and Broody Hens 2012
First Chicken Eggs at 17 weeks old
Getting Chicks in the Mail!
Incubator chicks at 8 days, bantams at 4 days
Moving Chicks to Brooder Pen
Bantam Chicken Update at 3-4 Months Old
Bantam Chicks 1 month old
Sly ol' fox ~
1st Time Hatching Incubator Day 22
Incubator hatching eggs at Day 20
Hova Bator hatching eggs Day 19-21
Incubator eggs at Day 17
Candling Eggs in the Incubator
Non Fertile Eggs in Incubator
3rd Batch in the Hova-Bator
Starting to Incubate Eggs Day 1
A March 2012 Update with our new Rooster
Part 2 of the Chicken Update
A chicken update with pics of our breeds
Black Cochin Hen ~ Funeral
Disclaimer:  This post WILL in fact picture a dead chicken.  It is meant to show you "how to" skin an old laying hen and make some good soup!  I had a few requests for this, so here it is!

Butchering old Laying Hens




Building A Chicken Fence