by McMurray Staff | May 11, 2018 | Chicken Breeds
If you’ve been raising chickens for a while, you know that there are some breeds — or even just some hens — that tend to go ‘broody’ more than others, and, some breeds that make better mothers than others. With Mother’s Day approaching, we thought it would be a good...
by McMurray Staff | Aug 18, 2017 | Chickens, Raising Chickens
It is normal for hens to go broody and some breeds are more prone to it than others. We thought we’d share some general information with you. For those contemplating raising chickens or for the newbies, let’s start off with what broody means — it means that a hen...
by McMurray Staff | Nov 12, 2015 | Guidelines, Miscellaneous, Raising Chickens
Getting Started Why Do You Raise Chickens? How to Start Your Flock Brooding Day Old Chicks How to Introduce New Chickens into Your Existing Flock Water and Waterers Don’t Let Your Chickens Run Out of Water The Importance of Water Keeping the Chicken Water from...
by McMurray Staff | Jul 9, 2015 | Chickens
It’s normal for hens to go broody. Some breeds — such as Buff Orpingtons, Cochins, or Silkies, and many breeds of bantams — are more prone to go broody than others, but even production breeds can, on occasion, go broody. Black Stars are a production...
by McMurray Staff | Apr 10, 2015 | Chicken Breeds
History Silkies are a unique breed of chicken, thought to have originated in China or Southeast Asia. The first recorded history of Silkies occurs in Marco Polo’s writings about his travels to Asia in the 13th century, in which he describes chickens with...
