by Greg Alder | Apr 20, 2024 | Chickens |
Many of my friends and family keep chickens so I’ve seen lots of chicken coops and runs throughout Southern California. Every set up I’ve seen with a floor of wood chips is better than those I’ve seen without, with very few exceptions. Consider keeping your chickens...
by Greg Alder | Feb 3, 2023 | Chickens |
My son might have the power to see the future. Last year, he kept begging me to let him raise some chicks so he could sell their eggs. Had I immediately helped him along in this venture, he would now be making customers very happy and healthy. Alas, I could not...
by Greg Alder | May 1, 2020 | Chickens |
My goal is to keep happy and healthy chickens that do work for me. Building a small, mobile pen for them was my way to accomplish this. For four years we kept four birds full-time in a modest four foot by eight foot pen. I moved the pen and chickens around our yard so...
by Greg Alder | Nov 15, 2019 | Chickens |
Our yard feels boring right now. For the first time in a few years there are no chickens running around. Should we get a new batch of chicks soon? Would you like to add chickens to your own yard? Let’s take a pros and cons approach. What do you get out of having...
by Greg Alder | Jun 2, 2017 | Chickens |
I used to think of chickens as a threat. When I lived in Lesotho, my neighbor’s roaming chickens repeatedly ate the leaves of my chard down to the stems despite my attempts to fence them out. I couldn’t have imagined that I would see them as I do today, as...
by Greg Alder | Dec 27, 2016 | Chickens |
Which one of the above eggs is from the grocery store and which one is from one of the chickens in my yard? And why is there a difference in yolk color? Find the answers in the comments section in a few days. ShareClick to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click...
by Greg Alder | Jun 17, 2016 | Chickens, Pests |
Joel Salatin advises that you wake up every morning aiming to attack the weak link on your farm. That could be soil fertility, irrigation, labor efficiency, anything. The weak link in our yard has been — for a couple years now — a proliferation of earwigs...
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