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The Five Most Common Backyard Chicken Flock Diseas...

Blog: Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators   -   Monday February 06, 2012   -   By Suzie OConnor

The growing popularity of keeping a backyard flock of poultry for their nutritious eggs, or even their meat, means that people who have no experience with chicken diseases are now faced with learning to diagnose and prevent the spread of pathogens among their...

Chicken and Duck Eggs For Sale

Blog: Home On The Range Family Farm   -   Wednesday February 01, 2012   -   By Michael & Denise

Our chickens and ducks are still going strong, laying about 3 dozen per day! We will soon be setting up the breeding pens.

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Chickens That Lay Colored Eggs

Blog: Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators   -   Thursday January 05, 2012   -   By Suzie OConnor

Many people know about Martha Stewart's Araucana chickens, who laid beautiful pastel blue and green eggs. Purebred Araucanas are from Chile, South America and despite Martha’s endorsement, are quite rare in the USA. Martha’s chickens were rumpless, which...

Rhode Island Red Chickens

Blog: Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators   -   Sunday January 01, 2012   -   By Suzie OConnor

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Say hi to Truck

Blog: At Home in Nature   -   Sunday December 11, 2011   -   By Mary

We let our birds wander freely on our farm, but most of them decide to stay at home in the pen. Truck likes the pen a lot, but also likes his daily walks. When you visit our farm, you'll be greeted by Truck the rooster. If you're a dog, kitty, coyote or a...

More Herbs and Food Combinations

Blog: Spices and Herbs by Elaynn   -   Wednesday November 30, 2011   -   By Elaynn

  Here are some more herbs AND spices that go good with certain foods. ENJOY! For those of you that are artistic, this would make a beautiful gift for someone who likes to cook and bake, or is new at cooking and baking. I had a...

Day One: Raising Chickens

Blog: Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators   -   Monday November 21, 2011   -   By Suzie OConnor

Have you decided to raise your own chickens? If so, you may be at a complete loss of where to start. Let’s take it from day one, assuming that you’ve already decided to raise your own flock. Day One: Where to start? ...

Rabbit and Chicken Manure

Blog: Home On The Range Family Farm   -   Sunday November 20, 2011   -   By Michael & Denise

We have 50 pound bags of rabbit or chicken manure available for sale. The rabbit manure is mixed with hay/straw, the chicken manure is mixed with pine shavings. Each bag is $5.

Wanda the chicken feeling better, cages and cruelt...

Blog: At Home in Nature   -   Friday November 18, 2011   -   By Mary

After a week of recovery, Wanda is fully recovered.  Her leg, broken mysteriously, has healed straight and she is putting her full weight on it again.  The most difficult part of her adventure?  Being restrained for a week in cage (she is...

Molting

Blog: Free Range WNY Chicken Eggs   -   Wednesday November 09, 2011   -   By Brenda

This is our second year raising chickens and for the first time our chickens went into a molt. When chickens molt is means that there feathers fall out and they grow new ones. This primarily happens when the days get shorter and the nights get cold. Most of...

Boneless, tasteless, skinless!

Blog: Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm   -   Saturday November 05, 2011   -   By Jody

It’s a little frustrating that most recipes I find for chicken call for boneless, skinless chicken breasts.  Don’t misunderstand; I certainly appreciate the ease of those neat little cutlets.  They cook quickly, they are easy to work with,...

Hatching Chickens As A Hobby

Blog: Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators   -   Sunday October 09, 2011   -   By Suzie OConnor

Are you thinking about raising chickens in the backyard as a hobby? More and more people are interested in doing this. If you are wondering how to begin, there are a number of things you should know in order to get off to a good start to make sure it’s a...

Moonstruck Shopping List

Blog: Moonstruck Farms   -   Tuesday October 04, 2011   -   By Rowena

MOONSTRUCK FARMS CSA SHOPPING LIST 10/05-10/08/2011 Moonstruck Farms     Carnival winter squash $1.50/pound (beautiful green and yellow speckled Cinderella style. Picture on facebook)   ...

This Weekend at the Williamsburg Farmers Market

Blog: Williamsburg Farmers Market   -   Tuesday October 04, 2011   -   By WFM

Saturday, October 8 8:00 a.m. – 12 p.m. Sentara Regional Medical Center’s Chef Patrick Day will be at the Chefs Tent, Orion will play Celtic music and Riverside Health System will exhibit their cancer and purse project.  Shop for pumpkins,...

Turkeys!!

Blog: Moonstruck Farms   -   Thursday September 29, 2011   -   By Rowena

Wow it is hard to believe we are cruising so quickly towards Thanksgiving, but here at the CSA farms we are always having to think many months ahead to keep up.  The summer turkeys are almost gone.  There are just a couple between 11-13 pounds;...

A New Farm In Cental Ohio

Blog: Harbridge Farms   -   Friday September 23, 2011   -   By Stephen

Hi, I wanted to introduce our farm to the local community by starting up our Blog.   My wife and I started our small farm earlier this year. We grow as close to a natural organic practice as possible.   Our goal...

A DIY Brooder Box Guide for your Precious Chicks

Blog: Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators   -   Thursday August 18, 2011   -   By Suzie OConnor

Expecting healthy and fluffy chicks is always exciting and the best way to get started is to prepare a brooder box right away. This brooder box will be essential in making sure all of your chicks stay dry and keep warm. A typical brooder box has walls so...

Raising Chickens from home.

Blog: Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators   -   Thursday August 11, 2011   -   By Suzie OConnor

All chickens need the following to be successful, happy, and healthy. Be sure that whatever area you do provide for your flock, you also provide plenty of safety. A fence is ideal for safety, allows for your flock to roam free but also still keeps...

Chicken Coops for Renters

Blog: Fertile Chicken Eggs | Chicken Egg Incubators   -   Tuesday July 26, 2011   -   By Suzie OConnor

If you do not currently own your home, and are renting, be sure to check with your landlord before even bringing your pets home. If your landlord is fine with the idea, you’ll want to be sure that you do not build a permanent fixture, and that your coop can be...

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