Mark Hudson

A chicken crown is like a turkey crown except it’s chicken. The legs are removed and in this case the wings as well. What you end up with is a nice compact sized roast, with the bone and skin intact, which you can still stuff if you like. This is what I discovered. in the … Read more

Chickens do not quack, hay that is grown is not spelled hey. Simple mistakes like that, but a cute short story. While writing we ran into the question “Do chickens purr?”. Another thing about chickens that surprises a lot of people is that some will actually purr when they’re being pet! Admittedly, it’s not exactly … Read more

Roosters are useful as wind vanes because their tail is the perfect shape to catch the wind. Symbolically, the rooster is the first to see the rising sun and announce the day. Why do weather vanes have a rooster on the top? Since churches were usually main landmarks in a community, weather vanes were placed … Read more

Stress is a large factor that may contribute to both the overall health of your flock and the size of the eggs they lay. In fact, a stressed chicken will often lay yolk-less fairy eggs with very little nutritional value. Your flock is at its best when your chickens are free-ranging. When we were reading … Read more

You just need to be patient, gentle, and above all, knowledgeable about rooster behavior. Roosters attack because they are programmed to do it. In their wild early days, chickens, of course, didn’t have people to protect them. They had their own intelligence and their (very limited) flight ability. As you can imagine, they didn’t have … Read more

Chickens eat gravel for two reasons. Their lack of teeth means that food swallowed has to be processed by the stomach alone. The presence of gravel in the stomach helps to mash up the food in the stomach and ease digestion. Another frequently asked query is “Why do chickens eat rocks?”. The answer is however, … Read more

, severe rash Infections of the lungs or liver, meningitis Seizures that are often associated with fever ( febrile seizures)General severe infection with the virus strain from the vaccine. But chicken pox is crazy contagious. No need for prolonged periods of contact. One sneeze and boom! Chicken pox is not common in the US anymore … Read more

I know this subject has been brought up a zillion times, but I’ve never seen a satisfactory answer as to why a chicken shakes their head. I know there are many reasons and they’re mostly transient in nature – a shake of the head to get rid of something such as an insect or moisture. … Read more

Restaurant owner Jason Esterkamp said a labor shortage means that chicken processing plants do not have the workforce to open all their lines. This begs the question “How much does a chicken wing cost?” Some have found that there seems to be no logical pattern for how much a single wing costs. Apparently, each additional … Read more

Some people also suggest checking the sell-by date. They argue that it is unsafe to cook raw chicken past its sell-by date. However, a chicken will still be safe to cook and eat 2 to 3 days after the sell-by date as long as it has been properly stored or frozen . How long after … Read more