A cockerel is a juvenile male chicken, typically less than a year old. It is characterized by developing combs, wattles, and more vibrant plumage, often more aggressive than pullets. 5 Pullets, on the other hand, are young female chickens, not yet mature enough to lay eggs. They generally...
In the EU, and Great Britain animal by-product legislation says that the feeding of farmed animals (or in the backyard chicken keeper’s case, farm animals, kept as pets) with catering waste is illegal. It acts as a barrier to the introduction of potentially devastating animal diseases, such...
In the video below, I discuss the issue ofchicks vs. grown hensas shared in the article below. I also share what the difference is betweenstraight runandpullets, andshare more helpful tipsfor the first time chicken owner. Starting with Chicks as your First Chickens When you start off with...
What is a chocolate Orpington? QUICK OVERVIEW. The Chocolate Orpington is a Hoover's Hatchery™ specialty. It is a cross between a Chocolate Orpington male and a Black Orpington female. The pullets are a rich chocolate brown color. This cross combines the beautiful chocolate color of the Orp...
Years ago, I was astonished to discover that a chicken’s egg comes out of the same hole, called the vent, as a chicken’s poop. Originally, I thought that if a chicken’s egg comes out of the same hole as its poop, that was a seriously bad design. Chicken poop is gross and sme...
Chickens and the garden are natural partners for a more healthy, efficient system. How you put them together, however, is a very personal choice. Will you be putting birds inside your garden fence this year? What stories can you share about chicken environments gone wrong? Tell us in the ...
The Buff Orpington are non flying gentle giants of the chicken world. They are calm and brave and lay around 200 – 280 eggs per year. Pullets start to lay around 5-7 months of age, they lay medium to large brown eggs. Silver Laced Orpington ...
All of ourturkeysare processed on-site and are hand dressed. Personal attention is given to each bird.Pasture-raised poultry is just better. Chicken We receive chicks at one day old and from that point they are raised with the freedom of an open floor in the safety of our barn. Customers...
It's possible that other hens might be envious of her role, because when the rooster is removed, his favorite hen is sometimes picked on by the others. Can a rooster mate a hen to death? When roosters mate, it can cause injury or even death to some pullets or hens. ... Too much...
For the hens that survive this origin story, life is not that great, though for many, it is better than it was up until the 1990s, as nearly all eggs available until then came from chickens who spent their whole lives in battery cages. Day old chicks or pullets (chickens reaching point...