If you let your chickens run free at all, it is easy to hang on to some of the extra roosters during the summer. But come winter time, you will have to feed them. Let’s face it. There will always be an excess of roosters, so it is better to cull them when they are […]
Chicken Herding Update – Mother Hen is Clapping
All my concerns about hawks hunting my chickens have recently been confirmed. Twice recently, the now about 3/4 grown chickies have been out and a hawk has been seen hunting directly overhead. Both times, I was the only one immediately available to try to herd the chickens to safety. In the moment of urgency, I […]
Creative Solutions for Supplying Electricity to Chicken Coop for Winter Should Be Worked on in Summer
Talking about chicken water heaters, chick brooders outside, and lights for extending egg laying are all fine and good if you can get electricity to the chicken area. Possibly you can do this with extension cords from the house or shop, but you will probably run into difficulty. With long term exposure of extension cords […]
Life’s Anti Lessons from Chickens
People are fond of fables and lessons we can supposedly learn from the wisdom of animals. But possibly, God gave us some animals as anti-examples, to show us that some things don’t work out or really shouldn’t be tried. Take chickens for example. All you have to do is consider the idiom of calling someone […]
Organizing Your Work Routine So You Can Shepherd the Chickens
I understand that multi-tasking, the way it has been advertised, is really a myth. A brain and its attached body have limits. However, the organization and subsequent flow of tasks can have a large impact on how effectively time is used. It doesn’t mean that a person has to be constantly rushing around, trying to […]