Mark Hudson

The chicken’s closest wild ancestor is the Red Junglefowl, a bird that lives in the jungles of Southeast Asia. The domesticated chicken’s scientific name, Gallus gallus domesticus, shows how close the birds are in linage — the Red Junglefowl’s name is simply Gallus gallus. Domestication of the chicken dates back to at least 2000 B. … 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

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

Like other animals that walks on our earth nowadays, chickens are result of long evolution process of its ancestor. You may have heard about this, but indeed chickens are closely related to dinosaurs. Among other kind of birds, chickens, including turkeys, are the closest one. Chickens, like all birds, are descendants of dinosaurs and are, … Read more

Chickens can shake their heads every now and then due to getting water up their noses and things like that. However if it persists or she becomes lethargic this could be the sign of a head cold. This can be easily treated with antubiotics that go in all the hens water as it is contagious. … Read more

Thanks to their unique reproductive process, chickens can lay eggs without a rooster. Their eggs will be nutritious and edible but will never transform into baby chicks without a rooster. While a rooster is not essential to egg production, but they do offer some valuable protection for hens. Ensure that the laying hens get the … Read more

½ teaspoon of honey¼ cup boiling water (stir with honey)Dash of cayenne pepper1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar¼ cup of cold water to make mixture lukewarm. Optional: Fresh or ground ginger or ½ clove of crushed garlic. Soaking your uncooked chicken in a marinade containing vinegar can add flavor and moisture to it, while also … 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

The chick has filled up a lot of the space, the air cell has expanded and you can clearly see the eye. The eye is a large black blob – very large at this time. You may see some movement too! While reading we ran into the inquiry “What color does the chicken eye see?”. … Read more