LAST UPDATED DECEMBER 1, 2024 First step: What do chicken lice look like? Below is a SEVERE case of chicken lice. Chicken lice eggs look like white mats usually near the vent and chin area feathers. The longer the chicken has had them, the larger the mats will become. The lice View Article
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How to tell a hen from a rooster in 7 steps
LAST UPDATED SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 Let’s tease out the best ways for how to tell a hen from a rooster. The diagram below shows two very different looking chickens. Bu many breeds exhibit similar traits between hens and roosters. This includes breeds with short combs on both sexes, or on the View Article
How to Keep Chicken Water from Freezing in the Winter Without Electricity
Many opinions, odd antidotes, and myths surround the art of how to keep chicken water from freezing in the winter without electricity. We do it here at Hobbit Hill quite simply. It takes about ten minutes twice a day and involves either 5-gallon pails (or milk jugs depending on the size View Article
Prepare for the Big Freeze
The end of this week the sky shall fall white flecks of doom. Oh yes, it’s coming. Soon we’ll all be waving our hunter orange hats in destain while screaming “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!”. If you weren’t hatched with a thick beard and muffs like our View Article
Get more chicken eggs in winter with light and diet
LAST UPDATED JAN 6, 2017 If your chickens are anything like mine, they go on vacation near the winter solstice. The hens reduce egg output due to the shortening of daylight and colder temperatures as Maine plunges into the heart of winter. There are many measures an avid chicken owner View Article
55 Flowery Hen
The gorgeous 55 Flowery Hen have marking similar to Speckled Sussex, boast jumbo pure white eggs, excellent feed conversion, a calm personality, and are more friendly than the Legbar.
Buff Laced Polish
There isn’t much more of an awkward looking chicken than a crested frizzle bobbing around the yard! With over a decade raising this breed in standard large-fowl size I finally added some frizzling to the mix. I enjoyed this breed so much, and sold so many that the local market View Article
Reducing Rooster Aggression: Training & Spur Trimming
First and foremost, reducing rooster aggression is to reduce risk of injury and change aggressive behaviors by getting to know your rooster. LAST UPDATED FEB 24, 2018 About Spurs: Only roosters have spurs, not hens. They are the main chicken defense weapon and are used to puncture the skin of View Article