by McMurray Staff | May 4, 2011 | Baby Chicks, Raising Chickens
[This series is a diary of our experience with raising chickens for our home flock. To see all articles in this series, please visit Home Flock Series.] Weather It seems like our cool/cold snap is over. It’s 72°F outside today with a light breeze, and the...
by McMurray Staff | Apr 14, 2011 | Chickens, Raising Chickens
One of my favorite tools for containing chickens and ducks is electric poultry netting. This type of fencing goes by several names, such as “electric poultry fence,” “electroplastic netting”, or “electric mesh netting”. One of the...
by McMurray Staff | Mar 15, 2011 | Raising Chickens
Are your chickens laying fewer eggs recently? We know it can be frustrating to have a large flock of chickens and find little to no eggs in their nest boxes. There are a plethora of reasons why the egg laying rate of your flock of chickens is dropping. We’ve...
by McMurray Staff | Mar 1, 2011 | Book Reviews
With 40 years of experience raising dozens of different varieties of chickens on her family farm, Gail Damerow has skillfully compiled an easy to read, comprehensive guide for the family desiring to start their own backyard chicken raising experience as well as a...
by McMurray Staff | Feb 2, 2011 | Patricia Foreman
by Patricia Foreman [This article is part of a series, to read the entire series, visit: 7 Myths about Urban Chickens.] Myth 4. Chickens Attract Predators, Pests & Rodents. Fact: Predators and rodents are already living in urban areas. Wild bird feeders, pet food,...
