I chatted with Beverly Veevaete, a long-time farmer whose family’s livestock count regularly includes about 60 chickens. According to her, keeping chickens is a lot more complicated than just feeding ...

Chicken feed comes in either starter feed or layer feed, and they have different nutritional content. Your laying birds are going to need more calcium, as well as the right amount of protein and ...

It is a chilly week here in the Finger Lakes, and I am ready for spring. With the coming of spring comes all the spring sales ...

She says that to keep chickens healthy, you need to feed them more than just pellets. "You need to give them scratch grains... Then they need calcium, and they need grit, and they need water." ...

As egg prices continue to climb, more people are opting to raise their own chickens instead of purchasing eggs from the store ...