Feeding Your Flock

My first experience with butchery was a family affair. Until owning my own small backyard flock, I had never conceived of myself as somebody who could, or ever would, butcher an animal for food. I wasn’t raised on a farm. The only chickens I knew came in packages; neatly dressed, plucked, drained of blood, and …

This post is hard for me to write. I deeply, truly, want more people to raise chickens. I want more people to get back to the land and live a simpler life. I want more people to experience the joy of raising these delightful birds. But…. Due to the particular climate of the world right …

Have you been enchanted by a picture of a basket of colorful eggs and wondered, can those be real? Can eggs come in colors like pink, blue, green, and dark chocolate brown? You may be thinking, is it a magic chicken? Do they feed them a specific type of feed? Are they dyed? The answer …