How to tame a chicken
(Difficulty level: easy/ beginners) A couple of weeks ago, we sold one of our hens to a friendly woman who wanted a friend for a hen she already had. She didn’t plan to have chicken but one day, three...
View ArticleAbout getting chickens
For many people, keeping chicken is a tempting thought – but you need to think it through before you get a few chickens just because you think they are so adorable. Even though chickens are by far more...
View ArticleThe truth about roosters big and small
When you start keeping chickens or when you are already keeping a few hens, you will sooner or later ask yourself: Do I want to keep a rooster? Or maybe even more than one? People who have never lived...
View ArticleWhat goes on in the head of chickens? Why DO they cross roads?
Today’s post is not so much factual or about giving advice – it’s about your experiences and what advice you can give. Just about an hour ago (I live in New Zealand, so it’s morning here), I went to...
View ArticleGetting attached to your chickens
If you have a flock of chickens, could you actually imagine eating them? Many people keep chickens because they think it’s a great way to get nice, fresh eggs from healthy free range chickens. And then...
View ArticleChicken people and other people
If you keep chickens, then you know that not everyone around you understands your love for those animals. Once you are surrounded by chickens, you will enter a new world and you will also discover that...
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