Mark Hudson

Rhode Island Reds were my very first chickens, and so, of course, they had to be Number one on the list. Australorp chickens are also one of the top layers averaging 250 light brown eggs a year. A couple more things to look into are: barred plymouth rock, leghorns, sussex, easter egger, cochin, silkie, buff … Read more

Cole Slaw (180 calories, 150 milligrams sodium)Light String Cheese (50 calories, 160 milligrams sodium)Caesar Side Salad Without Croutons or Dressing (40 calories, 90 milligrams of sodium)Side Salad Without Dressing (15 calories, 10 milligrams of sodium). Another thing we wanted the answer to was: what is the price of KFC chicken bucket? The favorite answer is … Read more

” In many towns and neighborhoods the answer is no. But some people just can’t leave the farm behind and end up with a chicken or two as a house pet. I have known a couple of people personally who had backyard chickens as pets, in their homes. Can you keep chickens in your city? … Read more

Red meat has become a demonized ingredient in recent years. But researchers in California find white meat poses an equal risk to blood cholesterol levels, which can lead to heart disease. This was true even if a person’s overall diet was low in saturated fatA diet which excludes meat was found to do the least … Read more

Use roll-away nesting boxes. When a hen lays an egg in one of these boxes, the egg rolls out of the nesting box, and the hen can’t reach it. Place golf balls in the nests. In theory, the hens will tire of pecking at these faux eggs, which can help to break their habit of … Read more

The hens simply agree with the earlier egg laying hens and add their egg to the clutch in one nesting box. This is also why some chickens will even climb into a box with a broody hen, squish together and and lay their egg with the broody. It is a possibility that the eggs were … Read more

450g fresh thin Hokkien noodles1 tablespoon peanut oil3cm piece ginger, peeled, finely chopped2 garlic cloves, crushed2 small red chillies, deseeded, finely chopped6 cups Campbell’s Real Stock Chicken Salt Reduced500g chicken breast fillets, trimmed2 tablespoons light soy sauce1 teaspoon sesame oil3 teaspoons brown sugar, and more items. Beginning in the 1700s in Italy, folks began feeding … Read more

Mostly A: You are just going to eat your chicken anyway, so Modern Farmer suggests you get a Cornish game hen. Sure, they’re small, but you can probably fit a whole one in your mouth! Mostly B: You have some kind of egg fixation. Get a Rhode Island Red or a Sussex, which are both … Read more

A chicken can run without its head because a neural network in its spine is pre-programmed to control the muscles in frequently-used movements such as running or swimming. It’s not uncommon for a headless chicken, even one missing its brainstem, to run around for a little while after decapitation. The headless chicken’s muscles can continue … Read more

The minimum space you need per chicken in a coop is 2 square feet per bird. The minimum space you need per chicken for an outside run/pen is 8 square feet per bird. Once you know how many chickens you’re going to house, you’ll need to know how many nesting boxes to put in. The … Read more