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Continue ReadingAre Chickens with Beards Right for You?
Are Chickens with Beards Right for You? Beards on chickens are the result of a genetic mutation. Ancient chicken keepers liked the unique appearance of chickens with beards, so they continued to breed more of the same. Other than the cuteness factor, scientists have yet to find any significant advantage or disadvantage to a beard […]
Continue ReadingWhy Do Some Drakes Change Color So Dramatically Every Year?
In the fall, mature drakes start looking more like hens. Don’t worry — it’s perfectly normal. Like other birds, ducks periodically replace their old worn-out feathers with a new set of plumage in a process called molting. Mature hens renew their feathers after the annual breeding season, too. But mature drakes go through two annual […]
Continue ReadingHow to Pick the Perfect Name for Your Chicken
The more chickens you have, the more difficult it might be to come up with a name for each one. Some chicken names are simply traditional human names. Others are puns of various sorts. Most flock keepers prefer female names for hens and male names for roosters. Many, however, mix and match or choose gender-neutral […]
Continue ReadingWhat Is a True Bantam Chicken?
Most bantam breeds are smaller versions of a larger counterpart. True bantams, on the other hand, are naturally small chickens. Rather than having been selectively bred for size, many of the true bantam chicken breeds existed long before the development of most of the other chicken breeds we know today. Difference between bantams and true […]
Continue ReadingHow a Hen Makes an Egg & How You Can Influence the Quality
An egg begins in the hen’s ovary, where the yolk is created. Then it travels through the chicken’s oviduct, which is about two-feet long and has five separate compartments, each with a different and specialized function. Some 25 hours later, the egg exits the hen’s body. The process through which each egg develops is nothing […]
Continue ReadingWhat to Feed Baby Chicks
What you feed your baby chicks not only helps them grow and thrive, but also ensures good laying ability and fertility when they mature. On the other hand, improper nutrition can slow their development and have long-term negative consequences to their health and laying ability. Shipping causes stress. Chicks hatch with residual yolk reserves that […]
Continue ReadingDeformities in Hatched Chicks and Why They Happen
One of the realities of breeding chickens is experiencing deformities in newly hatched chicks. Most of the time deformed embryos don’t survive to hatch, but sometimes one does. The more eggs you hatch, the more likely you are to occasionally find hatched chicks with deformities of one sort or another. Why deformities happen in newly […]
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