Lorene Adams

That’s right! Have you ever seen a frizzle chicken? Can you actually believe that this ball of curly feathers is really a chicken at all. Let’s see… Frizzle Chicken with all those Curls When you thought you have seen everything, you then see a chicken that looks like it has spent the night perching with curlers in… You have not been watching your chickens, have you? Did you leave the front door open so that your chickens could get inside… Did they find the curlers and take them back to the hen house and use them during the night time… Yes… You go rub your eyes when you go down to the chicken coop in the morning to see these curly feathered chickens running around your chicken run. No… Seriously, if you want something different, now that you have got a chicken run full of a variety of different chicken breeds and also different chicken coloures. What about curly chicken feathers… Yes, you to can be the owner of a frizzle. Rea

Most of us love chicken eggs but do we really know that storing chicken eggs the right way will make them last longer. Chicken eggs have been eaten throughout history so what have we learned and how can we benefit from this knowledge. Lets have a look… Read More... how to store chicken eggs

This Marans Chickens Breed has really peaked people’s interest simply for one fact, and that’s for its Dark Brown Eggs! A novelty you might think? But what a novelty it is… I know of only three breeds that lay dark brown eggs, the Marans (spelled in plural is the proper spelling by the way!) as mentioned, the Welsummer , and the Barnevelder . So without further ado let’s go over some facts about this interesting breed, shall we? Marans Chickens and Their Origion The Marans’ origin can be actually be traced back to France. It was created from the Langshan breed and Faverolles, Coucou De Malines, and English Game Hens. In 1914 at a national exhibition, the Marans made its official debut as the “Country Hen” in La Rochelle. During the 1920’s Madam Rousseau endeavoured to give the breed its standard form and dark brown eggs! Of other note, the bantam breed of the Marans was developed in the 1950’s. Also,the Marans breed is actually not accepted as

The Leghorn Chicken , I think this chicken above all other chickens is the one that we know best. That dandy white chicken that has a big red wattle and fairly long legs. And the go-to chicken when it comes to cartoons on TV and laying hens. I have owned one or two in my time and think their just great! Keep reading... leghorn chicken

can chickens fly ? Really, you’re going to ask me this.. Well I better answer… Can Chickens Fly the Real Truth Can chickens fly hmmm. Let’s have a look at some history to give you the low-down on our not so tame chickens. Our backyard hens are of the noble descendants of a wild breed of chook called the grey or red Jungle Fowl, they have also been connected to dinosaurs, but I am a bit skeptical about this. I am sure that they have some connection to some dinosaurs but the majority I cannot see it. Anyway… These birds are still found in the wild in countries such as: Laos Myanmar Thailand Laos Far East In the wild, these jungle fowl not only perch in trees, but they also roost in trees. They have to be very adept at flying in the air to escape predators around them in the wild. In fact, I had the opportunity to see some in their wild state when I went over to Santoza island off Singapore when I lived there for a while. And they

If you have long periods of time that your laying hens are unproductive, meaning they stop laying eggs or only produce a few, looks like you may have molting in chickens time, and you may need to keep records and observe molt times for each chicken.  So how do you know when your chickens are molting… Well. Read more...

That’s right… The brahma chickens had many attributes that you probably didn’t know about. One consideration that a prospective chicken owner may want to contemplate is what do you want? I mean what sort of breeds of chickens do you want to own? And there are many breeds of chickens out there, so I need to start to tell you all about them. Read more...