My Chicken And Egg Journal

   Okay, egg lovers. There are some of us that got into this backyard chicken raising because of how special the eggs are that are from back...

   Okay, earlier I wrote a blog on differences between Ameraucanas and Easter Egger chicken breeds. I have two that I have been waiting to d...

   We set our clocks back but the chickens don't know this. Especially our rooster. He is crowing at his usual hour, which is an hour so...

   We are now up to a dozen eggs a day from our nineteen pullet/hens. I believe it really helped to cut back on their scratch. I have learne...

   I have previously posted that we were getting too many soft eggs. For those who don't know by now, soft chicken eggs mean an egg hel...

   Today, we had NO soft eggs. Hurray! And now two black australorps are laying. We had an amazing egg day. Eleven eggs!    My husband gav...

   One of our black australorps was seen laying today. I am so happy that at least one of my four BA hens has  begun. They are now over 26 w...

   It's starting to get old. My husband goes into the chicken barn early, super early, before the sun is up early, and usually finds two...

   Here is your average galvanized metal chicken waterer:    I am not enlarging this picture because I don't intend on trashing AN...

Cherry Egger Pullet (point of lay), twenty three weeks old    I am writing about the breed, the Cherry Egger chicken today. Why? Be...

   Here in Maine, our summers don't last long. This year is no different.    Our chickens have never seen winter yet. I already feel s...

  So you think once the chickens start laying, having chickens will be the same, day after day. Oh, but that's not quite true, at least ...

You can see a few of Rooster's former, long neck feathers still attached. His neck feathers molted for some reason and they are growin...