My housemates and I have four chickens in the backyard that have been consistently laying 2-3 eggs a day for the last 2 months since we got them. However, the littlest hen has been hanging around the coop and pecking at the eggs. Is there any way to prevent this? I have an inkling that we might not be feeding them enough, but I'm not sure if more ( Read more... )

So in January I built a coop and run for five of these:

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I am sure there is some information on this in the memories but I can't seem to find it. Anyways, my diet is an Ovo Vegetarian with the requirement that all the eggs are free range. Recently I was browsing and came across this, "Free range chickens are not required to have access to the outdoors or more than 3’ of living space." I am now ( Read more... )

I thought today's column in thestraightdope was interesting. Sad, really. *sigh*

Are cage free chickens really better?

Hi! I'm new to this community and I have a question... I'm trying to find range fed/organic turkey. Unfortunately it's sorta out of season. :( Anybody have any idea how I could get some now? Even just turkey w/ no additives would be good... Are there any brands? I looked at the grocery store and all the turkeys had all sorts of junk added to ( Read more... )