Tag: Chickens

Pete is "lucky" enough to live in the one section of the country where the winter temps are normal or close to it. Looks like a cold January.

Nineteen weeks after they were hatched, the chicks we got in early August are finally starting to lay eggs. Soon, we hoped to be swamped with eggs.

If we face a war in the Middle East with possible shortages and terrorism, the homestead becomes an increasingly important part of our preps.

After more than two years, our chickens were laying less and less, eggs so we decided it was time to start over with new hens.

Homesteading lesson on butchering chickens results in some insightful findings for potential future homesteader

This is the peak of production on the homestead. In a survival situation, this is when we would be packing on pounds to get us through the winter.

We have gone from harvesting 12 or 13 eggs per day in the Spring of 2022 to 7 in the summer of 2023, but that's an improvement over last month.

More than half of our young Black Star chickens escaped over night, and we don't know why or if they will do it again.

Our chicks are devouring their food, gulping their water, and doubling in size after the first week. In another 19 weeks, they'll be laying eggs.

Experts tell us bird flu has evolved and is spreading more rapidly to more species of wild birds which leads to more infections in domestic chickens.