This dual-purpose breed created from the Rhode Island Red is known for its tasty meat and for producing extra large brown eggs.
Fly-strike is among nature's most insidious afflictions. Here are ways to prevent your birds from getting it and how to react if they do.
You can buy crickets at bait stores or pet-supply retailers, or you can grow your own. Here's what you need and how it works.
My family got chickens mostly for the eggs, but we've expanded our flock to include hens named after Disney princesses, too. Yep, I'm the crazy chicken lady.
