During the winter, on days that are below 32 degrees farenheit (a few degrees below won’t hurt) you should not let your chickens out of the coop. Even though they can still go back in the coop, the cold air will make the coop colder as well. Also, chickens, like humans, can get frostbite, (except […]
We have recently spotted a fox hanging around our yard every morning, and today we saw him mosey on over towards our coop. Our chickens are protected, but here are some ways to protect against animals like a fox. First, always keep an eye for anything that looks like a hole outside of the run […]
We have a lot of fresh eggs from our chickens and with New Years in a few days we are in full prep mode. One thing we all love for New Years are Deviled Eggs; but there is a problem, when we hard boil our eggs they stick to the shell when you peel them […]
Meet our chicken Lizzy, a sweet, loving chicken. This special chicken was lame when she was younger, but she seemed to out-grow it until she got her toe stuck in a pitch-fork when she was still younger (I know, once-in-a lifetime chance, but it happened). This seemed to re-awaken the problem, to a higher pain, […]
As of right now we have fourteen chickens as a total, with eight being over 2 years old, while the other six are only about six months old. We put the younger ones in with the full-growns about a month ago, and the babies have started laying!!! Currently, the younger chickens are laying a little […]
Our chickens are the best! Well I know everyone says that, but seriously… The Speckled Sussex. Our chicken can trace their linage back to the Royal tables (I mean coops) of Britain. The Speckled Sussex was so famous and so sought after that the Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD!! The Speckled Sussex was then […]
Welcome to JNRfarmS.us! The Internet site for the Joshua and Rachel Farm. We do not have more than one farm yet, though that is in the works. For years we have provided quality produce, fruit and eggs for our family and a few friends. This year we have decided to start expanding. We are looking […]
On Saturday morning, I woke up to see two feet of snow on the ground ( and the extra six inches floating through the air). It was taller then my pond, and had filled up the chicken run ( which has a roof over it), to prove the extent of the wind’s power of the […]
As my title says, “Fat Chickens…And Eggs With Yogurt?”, but this is actually something that is true! A chicken’s stomach is called it’s crop. When a chicken swallows something too big, or something gets stuck in it’s crop. Then the chicken gets something called an impacted crop. The chicken’s stomach will bulge out, if this […]
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