Is there any better feeling than sharing your fresh eggs with a friend, neighbor, or co-worker?
For the second year, Purina is kicking off a nationwide, flock community act of kindness, #OperationFreshEgg. Each year Purina donates thousands of eggs locally...
Are you thinking about keeping chickens? Is this your first time ordering day-old baby chicks? While baby chicks are cute and fluffy, it can also be stressful for first-timers. To help alleviate any fears or stress, we asked five...
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Lifespan of a hen
Hens may live in backyard flocks for 6-8 years, and most flocks will produce eggs for 3-4 years. The level of egg production, egg size, and shell quality decrease each year. Most commercial layers...
Small-scale poultry producers who market their products directly to the consumer sometimes find the ever increasing prices of inputs, particularly the cost of feed, a challenge.
It always comes down to knowing your cost of production and your largest cost...
Source: Mcmurray Hatchery
Read the complete article: https://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/2022/07/13/top-10-reasons-to-keep-coturnix-quail/
While many say that chickens are the gateway animal for homesteading, Coturnix quail are the birds that opened my eyes to the joy of backyard animal husbandry. I first learned about this breed...
MSU Extension Service
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Increasing buffalo gnat populations are more than a nuisance to central and south Mississippians; they cause measurable, sometimes fatal harm to chickens and livestock.
Swarms of these insects, also known as black flies, are killing...
Ashley Wright, Area Assistant Agent, Livestock
The most basic and important needs are shade, water, and ventilation. Chicken should have a place to get out of the sun when they begin to get too warm. This may be trees...
Christa Hartsook
Program Coordinator, Small Farms/Acreage Living
Iowa State University Extension & Outreach
One of the fastest growing trends for small and beginning farmers is backyard poultry. Typically, poultry offers a small-scale livestock enterprise without requiring large amount of capital, land, time...
Biosecurity is one of the most important tools in the toolbox of the poultry producer. Learn some tips about keeping your flock safe in this short video collaboration with The Ohio Poultry Association.
Quick facts
Always wash your hands, equipment and work space after coming in contact with raw poultry.
Top quality poultry carcasses come from healthy, well-finished and well-fleshed birds.
Don’t feed poultry 6 to 8 hours before slaughter.
At the...