There is nothing that compares to the variety of chickens available through mail-order. There are bantams and full-sized; light and heavy breeds; egg layers, meat birds, or dual-purpose; white, brown, chocolate, tinted and green egg layers; ornamentals and production breeds; the newly developed and the heritage favorites.
You may or may not have heard about chickens that lay Easter eggs. Yes there are chickens the lay colored eggs. The chicken breeds Araucana (Some times misspelled Auracana), and Ameraucana are know for laying multi-colored eggs. In addition to white and brown eggs they also lay blue, green, teal, and pink eggs. The...
Besides bee hives, there is other bee-keeper equipment that still needs to be purchased by the beekeeper. Some of them are a smoker, a bee brush, honey jars and good beekeeping books are among the most important. Sometimes a fence is necessary for your hives if you want to keep your equipment separated from...
