UPDATE: Backyard Ducks are Saved!
Ducks are thrilled that they are now allowed in Huntington, NY A few weeks ago we explained a legal battle where Huntington, NY duck owners Nina Tam and her daughter Ava Post were battling local...
View ArticleLaffayette, Colorado Next in Line to Legalize Backyard Poultry
Over the past few years we have occasionally featured stories of the countless cities across the United States which have underwent to process to legalize the practice of raising chickens and other...
View ArticleA History of Hatching
How Long Have Humans Meddled in Fowl Affairs? The first recorded instance of humans artificially incubating poultry came about in Egypt around 3,000 years ago. They stacked mud brick houses with...
View ArticleDon’t Let Our Chickens go Extinct – Save a Heritage Breed
What is a Heritage Breed? We’ve all heard the saying “what’s old is new again.” This is as true in the chicken world as on the fashion runways. The chickens that turned over great-great-grandpa’s...
View ArticleFresh Eggs: You’ll Never Go Back to Store-Bought
One of the main reasons people keep chickens, ducks, and other domesticated fowl in their backyards is for the benefit of having fresh eggs! Once you’ve had fresh eggs from your own backyard flock,...
View ArticleUncommon Chicken Eggs and Laying Patterns in Your Flock
What is this weird egg!? Understanding miniature eggs and bloodspots, and when to be concerned. There really isn’t anything uncommon about uncommon looking eggs. Because of the biological demands that...
View ArticleWhat’s the Buzz about Black Australorps?
The Black Australorp is the Subaru Outback of chicken breeds – not too big, not too small, versatile, efficient, and everyone wants one (at least here in Colorado). The History Black Australorps were...
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