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Top 5 Reasons Your Hens Stop Laying, Explained by Gail Damerow

Top 5 Reasons Your Hens Stop Laying, Explained by Gail Damerow

by McMurray Staff | Aug 10, 2024 | Backyard Chickens, Chicken Eggs, Gail Damerow, Guest Articles, Interviews, Raising Chickens

Once your hens start laying eggs, it’s easy to get used to gathering fresh eggs every morning. Then gradually, or suddenly, the eggs stop coming. What happened? Continuing our interview series with Gail Damerow, poultry expert and best-selling author, we ask her to...
Gail Damerow Discusses Eggshell Imperfections and Anomalies

Gail Damerow Discusses Eggshell Imperfections and Anomalies

by McMurray Staff | May 8, 2024 | Backyard Chickens, Backyard Poultry, Chicken Eggs, Gail Damerow, Guest Articles

Alarmed backyard chicken owners report all sorts of shell irregularities in the eggs their hens lay. Continuing our interview series with Gail Damerow, poultry expert and best-selling author, we ask her to discuss eggshell imperfections and anomalies.  Why are we...
Gail Damerow Discusses Egg Eating in Chickens

Gail Damerow Discusses Egg Eating in Chickens

by McMurray Staff | Aug 15, 2022 | Chicken Eggs, Chickens, Gail Damerow, Guest Articles, Interviews

A common but frustrating issue faced by many chicken flock owners is hens that eat their own eggs. Continuing our interview series with Gail Damerow, poultry expert and best-selling author, we ask her for tips on how to prevent or stop hens from eating their own eggs....
How to Make Money Off Your Chickens

How to Make Money Off Your Chickens

by Amy Fewell | Nov 9, 2020 | Amy Fewell, Chicken Eggs, Chickens, Guest Articles, Homesteading, Raising Chickens

When my chicken addiction became strong, my husband gave me the stink eye. I quickly needed to find ways for my chickens to make me money! Raising chickens for meat, and learning about how to put up my chicken eggs for sale, were two of the main things I needed to...
How to Preserve Eggs Long-term with These 4 Methods

How to Preserve Eggs Long-term with These 4 Methods

by Ann Accetta-Scott | Aug 7, 2020 | Ann Accetta-Scott, Chicken Eggs, Guest Articles, Homesteading

How to preserve eggs when looking for long-term storage is easy. In fact, for those who raise poultry it is a necessity. The most commonly asked question for those new to poultry keeping, do eggs need to be refrigerated, will also be addressed in this article. The...
Chicken School | Hatching Baby Chicks

Chicken School | Hatching Baby Chicks

by McMurray Staff | Apr 24, 2020 | Baby Chicks, Chicken Eggs, Chickens, Education, Raising Chickens

Last month when schools closed across the country and the kids were suddenly needing some educational activities to keep them busy, we began Chicken School in our home. If you caught our first blog in this series, Chicken School, Homeschool Learning Ideas, you know we...
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