What do I mean by, “hens are birds, too”? For starters, hens are fussy about their nests, just like any other bird. Although there are…
Remember that old commercial, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature?” Well, as a young child of about 12, I found out first-hand why you…
Have you considered chickens as a means of producing your own food? Have you looked at the stores and seen the price of eggs, the…
The North American Wild Turkey can be found in every state of the U.S., as well as in southern-most sections of most of the Canadian…
What started as a seasonal endeavor of raising turkeys for meat, became so much more. It was a pleasure to cater to our seasonal visitors;…
“Daggonit! The book said I could move the eggs! It said I could move the eggs, and put her in a quiet place, and she…
If you have purchased eggs from a retailer recently, then you know that the most expensive eggs for sale are the ones known as “cage-free”…
A Portlander guy walks into a butcher shop, tells the man behind the counter he has to kill his beloved chicken, it’s old and sick,…
“I was thinking 50”, Troy said nonchalantly, as if he was just guessing the temperature outside. “50?! I was thinking more like 12, max!” I…
Over the course of time, even the humblest beginnings in flock-raising can mushroom into an impressive collection of more birds than you had ever dreamed.…
Peacocks have been considered for thousands of years, as the world’s most beautiful of all birds. Both sexes including the “peahen” female, and the “peacock”…
Whenever I watch Sarge, Ash, and Baldy waddle past me, I grin. Those three Muscovy ducks are the reason my partner Larry and I went…