Category Archives: chickens

Appreciating Diversity: Eggs, Orange Juice, One Another

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Laura Grace Weldon

The same flock of chickens, even the same breed, lays fascinatingly diverse eggs. But chances are you’ve never seen them. In part, that’s because hens in a commercial operation don’t live out their natural lifespan, so the rippled, dimpled, and … Continue reading →

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Free Range Chickens: Safety vs Freedom

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Laura Grace Weldon

What choice would you make? Continue reading →

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Raising the Price of Eggs

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Laura Grace Weldon

Freedom comes with peril for free range chickens. Continue reading →

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Best of the Net: Poultry Raising Hacks

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Laura Grace Weldon

The best ideas from the net’s top 100 sites for raising chickens and ducks. Continue reading →

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Cooking For Chickens

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Laura Grace Weldon

Chickens can’t eat potato peels. That is, unless those peels are cooked. Same for some other foods you may be tossing in the compost pile! Continue reading →