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As I was growing up, I never saw chicken being scalded. Never witnessed chicken being plucked using mechanical pluckers. My grandmother, together with my mother…
I have been processing my own chickens for a while now. Along the way, I have learned that to make the process easy for you…
You got chickens in your backyard with the intention of getting fresh eggs for your family. You might be keeping chicken as a means of…
Have you been thinking about raising chickens, but your backyard is small? Once you have decided, you need to choose a breed or breeds that…
Many chicken owners find it so distressing when their chickens stop laying eggs. An experienced chicken owner knows that this is a part of the…
Salmonella is a type of bacteria related to food poisoning in form of a disease called salmonellosis. It affects the intestinal tract of humans, chickens,…
Latest Breeds
Cornish cross (Cornish X) is the darling of the commercial chicken meat industry. Cornish X is also known also as Cornish Rock If you have…
The Australorp breed of a chicken has been around since the 1890s or thereabout. It is still here today, thanks to it being a great…
The American game chicken breed, also known as the American gamefowl, was developed to be a game fowl, a bird for cockfighting. With its many…
The Wyandotte is an American chicken breed that is reared by homesteaders and backyard flock keepers for its yellow-skinned meat and brown eggs. Bred to…
The Orpington chicken breed is a large-sized bird developed in England in the late 1800s, by William Cook. Gentle and friendly the Orpington is available…
The Jersey Giant, as the name suggests is one of the largest chicken breeds in the world. When you encounter one, you will probably never…