Category Archives: Chickens

Heavy Dual Bird Growout 2015 – Speckled Sussex

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

This grow out had a number of challenges, the least of which are that I got chicks at three different times of the year, so they have to be compared to where they are fair more then If I had … Continue reading →

The New Layer Flock to be..

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

My older flock is really getting up there with age on some of the hens, I love them and I hope to get another year or two out of them yet, but my youngest hen is three coming four and … Continue reading →

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Chicken Growout overview 2015

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

I am doing a huge amount of tracking on this, as its a tracking year but I thought I had a basic overview up and If I do I can not find it, I can find my cow, pork and … Continue reading →

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The Chicks of 2015- Off-Farm Bought

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

I already have my first momma hen sitting on nest of eggs at the moment, and I am hoping for many more, there will be farm raised chicks But it was also a buying year.. 4- bought, 3 are with … Continue reading →

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Egg Shells for the garden use

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

Now I know that I could put together a big list of uses for egg shells, and I might do a top ten list someday but this post is about the shells and garden use.. if you own a small … Continue reading →

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Chick Update..

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

So far my four wee tikes are growing very well, I am watching them feather out and get more of their colorings and patterns in.. the tail feathers are being watched closely as is the wattles.. This is the oldest … Continue reading →

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First of the New Chicks 2015- Land Race

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

These four cute fluffy butts are not a pure breed per say, they are a land race breed from Iceland, they are quite small compared to most of the hens I normally keep but I have been told they will lay very … Continue reading →

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How to get your birds out of a tree!

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

If you have had chickens or fowl of some kind, it happens to the best of us.. we teach them to come when called, we train them to go into the coop at night, we round them up and chase … Continue reading →

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Chickens- Egg production overview 2015- Jan

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

The intent of working to keep track of this is for a few reasons, in part because this is a tracking year! A) General overview of costs of the hens vs the return impute on the eggs, (I am unsure … Continue reading →

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Chicken plans for 2015

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Just another day on the farm

So I am planning on adding in a new chicken breed to the farm, one that is ideally under served in my area, meets my own chicken needs here on the farm and so I have it down to a … Continue reading →