More and More Urban Chickens

We love Backyard Chickens

With the prices of eggs going up many people are raising chickens in their backyard so they can have farm fresh eggs.


 Read more at ........

http://www.kpho.com/story/29914363/urban-chickens-take-wing-as-egg-prices-soar

Barred Plymouth Rock Chicken

Here's a Great Bird for the Small Farmer or Backyard Chicken Owner  - Barred Plymouth Rock Chicken

The Barred Plymouth Rock, also known as the Barred Rock, is the most popular variety of the Plymouth Rock breed, and it is also one of the most popular brown egg layers for small farm and back yard chicken farming. 

They will lay between 200-300 eggs in a year, and when they no longer have any laying utility they are large enough to produce a good amount of chicken meat. They are very hardy, so good for cold weather climates

They can be tamed easily and thus are great for children

Facts (from EFowl.com)

• Adult Weight - Male: 8-9 pounds ; Female: 6 pounds
• Color - Black and White Barred, Yellow Skin, Smaller Comb
• Purpose - Dual Purpose - Egg Laying and Meat Production
• Egg Production - Excellent
• Egg Color - Brown
• Country of Origin -United States

Would You Eat A Four Legged Chicken

A four-legged chicken is waiting to find out its fate. A slaughterhouse in Isreal is waiting to hear from a Rabbi to see if it is kosher to eat it. I dont know about you but I would not want to eat it.

How to Build a Chicken Coop for less than $400.00

Believe it or not, this will eventually be our new chicken coop.

Right now the chickens are in a very nice barn with an attached run. It has one half for chicken and animal feed, the other half has perches for the chickens and my guinea fowl to sleep.

Why are we going to use an old trailer instead? Because the chicken barn is really nice! So I want hubs to clean it out and use it for storage of such things as snowmobilies, lawn mowers and other large items.

The run can be moved and attached to this trailer. The trailer will be moved to the back corner past where the existing chicken barn is. We have 100 acres so space is not an issue.

Right now hubs is building a door for the new chicken coop. He's gutted the insides and it will make a nice cozy barn for our chickens and guinea fowl. Hubs tries to do everything for free or as cheaply as possible.


The only reason it is so near the house is because hubs needs electricity for his power tools.

If you are thinking of getting chickens you need to build a proper home for them. The book on the left is pretty good with ideas an photos to go with it.

So if you aren't sure where to start, this book might just be for you.

Chickens help in battling Alzheimer’s: Part 2

Chickens help in battling Alzheimer’s

This is the final in a two-part series on Russell and LouNell Boyd, and how a large collection of animals – especially their chickens – are used for healing.

LouNell Boyd has chickens – a variety of chickens. To LouNell, it’s more than just a love of feathered friends.

It’s a recommended method of healing, staying active and maintaining a healthy emotional outlook.

“Life has many ups and downs, but how we react to adversity influences not only our own psychological health, but also the quality of life of those who live with Alzheimer’s,” said Russell, LouNell’s husband. “Yes, LouNell has Alzheimer’s, and she is accepting it and living with it, knowing that may one day it may take away a lot of the life she has known.”

Boyd menagerie source of joy, wonder: Part 1

Boyd menagerie source of joy, wonder

This is the first in a two-part series on a local couple with a large collection of animals and an unusual array of yard ornaments, and how they use them for health and healing.

"Russell and LouNell Boyd have an interesting life just outside of Tahlequah, and it’s a good thing: Both of them are storytellers." Continue reading...

Chicken Dung A Cure For Baldness

A 17th-century medical handbook advises men to put chicken manure on their scalps as a cure for baldness and offers other bizarre remedies for infertility, "stinking breath", head lice and aching breasts.

The Path-Way to Health, written by Peter Levens and published in London in 1654, was recently discovered among a collection of antiquarian books and is due to be auctioned by Bonhams in Oxford on Oct 9.

Chicken saved from attack In New Jersy Park

People in a Park in Hoboken came to the rescue when they saw three men attacking a chicken. Witnesses said they saw three men, armed with sticks and a slingshot, hitting the chicken. When people rushed over to defend the bird, one of the men grabbed it and threw it into a thorn bush. They then ran away.

Woman pays £1,800 to save chicken.

A woman from Cwmbran, Torfaen took out a bank loan and lived on beans on toast for a year to pay £1,800 in vet bills after her pet chicken injured its leg.
Vicky Mills, 24, was heartbroken when Lily, a Rhode Island Red, got her leg trapped in a barbed wire fence.

Despite the costs, Mrs Mills told her vet to try to save the limb rather than have her put down. When the treatment failed, she paid for an amputation.

Read the full story on the BBC

Osama May Use Chicken Farmers To Attack The U.S.

The Department of Homeland Security believes that Osama may be planing to use chicken farmers in his next attack on the U.S. To counter this deadly threat the Department of Homeland Security has come up with a brilliant idea to prevent this attack from happening.

Under proposed regulations from the Department, anybody with 7,500 pounds or more of propane gas should register with the agency. The threshold is low enough that poultry farmers who use propane to heat chicken houses may be affected.
The proposal would require many farmers to register with the agency and fill out a risk assessment about their propane tanks. By industry counts, up to 40,000 farms could be affected.

A Homeland Security spokesman says farmers would only need to spend "a couple hours" online to comply and that the agency is right to compile data on dangerous chemicals even in rural areas.

Thank god that each terrorist will only have 7,499 pounds of propane gas. I sure we all feel much safer now.

Thats a lot of chicken

Worldwide consumption of broiler meat is steadily increasing. A total volume of 58.95 million metric tonnes was used in 2006. This year global consumption could reach 59.52 mmt.

The US is the largest producer of chicken meat. With a total production of 16.04 million metric tonnes the volume significantly surpassed the US consumption volume.

Baby Chicks Ordered

I ordered 10 baby chicks -- non sexed Barred plymouth Rocks. I will get roosters and laying hens mixed but that's okay as I can eat the roosters. Barred Plymouth Rokcs are brown egg layers. They were almost extinct but have made a comeback beocause of their good meat qualities and good brown egg production.

Both males and females are grey barred in colour with the female a bit darker. Females weigh about 4 lbs at 19 weeks and 5 or 6 lbs at the end of lay. Malse are about 1 or 2 llbs heavier than females.

My wife calls them Zebra Chickens. The chicks will arrive about May 9th. so I have to get their first home ready with heat lamps, etc.