The nesting material in our chicken nesting boxes was getting raked out leading to dirty and cracked eggs so this is how I ...

DEAR JOAN: I have five laying hens and receive four to five organic eggs per day from my Buckeye chickens. Yesterday, I was surprised with four normal chicken eggs and one very small brown egg. Today, ...

Producing clean table eggs from a flock raised in a deep litter system has always been a big challenge to most poultry farmers. It even becomes a tall order during the rainy season when the litter ...

What do you tell a chicken who starts sitting on a pile of eggs just as the weather starts getting cooler? What do you tell her sister who moves in next to her in the row of laying nests on her own ...

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It's efficient to build units with multiple trapnests. Here, the swinging-door front (right) is held open by a prop stick. The other two nests have purchased fronts made from heavy-gauge wire. The ...

Watch as we explore the fascinating process of natural incubation with a mother hen. This video takes you through each step, ...

A Finnish scientist has found that hens actively use the nests and perches found in furnished cages. She also found that hens lay as many eggs in furnished cages as in conventional cages, and that the ...