It’s amazing how many dog owners are horrified to learn their dogs absolutely LOVE to eat chicken poo. These little delicacies can be licked, scarfed down or even rolled in for a dog’s sheer enjoyment. The risk, of course, is that man’s best friend may ingest campylobacter or salmonella bacteria, causing diarrhea and transmission...
Spring time is here and you know what that means – fluffy, adorable chicks will soon be on the way! While this is undoubtedly an exciting time, it’s also a lot of work, as baby chicks need to remain indoors for the first 5 to 8 weeks until they’ve developed all their feathers. To...
Garden With Confidence: Learn From Erica Glasner At The 13th Annual Callaway Gardening School Launch your Spring gardening endeavors with advice from experts at the 13th annual Callaway Gardening School March 25, 2011. Join us for a fantastic gardening experience with one of Georgia’s own gardening gurus, Erica Glasener.
The Alabama Department of Tourism has named the Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival as one of 50 must-see music festivals in celebration of the 2011 Year of Alabama Music. The list is compiled in conjunction with the year-long promotion designed to attract tourists to Alabama to experience the history, hear the sounds and uncover the...
What is so serious about a hen being egg bound? If left entreat the hen can die within 48 hours. Usual symptoms of a hen that is eggbound are:
Silkies are the world’s oldest chicken breed, with roots back in 7th Century China where they were used to cure kidney ailments, aging and other ills. “They have hair like a cat, are black, and lay the best of eggs,” wrote Marco Polo wrote of the Silkie in the 13th Century. In 1874, the...
