Tag: Chicken

An average-size chicken weighs about 1.5kg and will feed 4 people. If you’re cooking for 5 or 6, go for a 1.8kg-2kg bird. Do buy the best you can – preferably free-range and organic. Slow-grown birds have more flavour, and produce a much better cooked result, without taking welfare issues into account. What size chicken […]

A 5-Pound Bird Makes the Best Roast Chicken A five-pound chicken is usually categorized as a “roaster.” These birds are usually less than 8 months old, extremely flavorful, and are less likely to cook up tough like a larger, likely older (in age) bird. How big is the average roasting chicken? 5 poundsWhat you’ll find […]

Introducing new chickens to a flock: two steps That is best done at night, when the old ones have gone to roost. Then put the new ones together with the others in the coop. Let the chickens go outside in the morning, and keep an eye on them. Inevitably they will peck and fight, to […]

What breeding has done to your chickens. 1) Chickens today are much bigger than those in the 1950s: This one’s pretty obvious. The 2005 chicken breed on the right ended up being about four times as heavy, on average, as the 1957 breed on the left — despite being fed the same foods. Why are […]

While a Rhode Island Red hen can lay eggs without a rooster, they may not hatch into younglings. If you intend to breed your birds in the future, get a healthy rooster to fertilize the eggs. What do Rhode Island Red chickens need? The Rhode Island Red is a very useful, delightful and entertaining bird […]

Use. The Plymouth Rock is a dual-purpose breed, and is kept both for its meat and for its large brown eggs, of which it lays about 200 per year. Are Plymouth Rock chickens good for eating? Plymouth Rock Barred Rock chickens have been a favorite among American poultry owners. They are incredibly docile and friendly, […]

Use. Leghorns are good layers of white eggs, laying an average of 280 per year and sometimes reaching 300–320, with a weight of at least 55 g. White Leghorns have been much used to create highly productive egg-laying hybrids for commercial and industrial operations. Are White Leghorn chickens good for meat? Leghorns are also active […]

In American usage, an Easter egger or Easter-egger is any hybrid or mixed-breed chicken resulting from breeding of a bird carrying the blue-egg (oocyan) gene with one that lays brown eggs. Eggs from such a bird may be any shade of blue or brown, or occasionally pink or pale yellow. What does EE mean for […]

The Rhode Island Red was bred in Rhode Island and Massachusetts in the second half of the nineteenth century, by selective breeding of birds of Oriental origin such as the Cochin, Java, Malay and Shanghai with brown Leghorn birds from Italy. The characteristic deep red plumage derived from the Malay. What makes a Rhode Island […]

If you desire to hatch some, use your best broody for the job. The very nice thing about the chicks is that they are autosexing, meaning you can tell the sexes right after hatching! Are Welsummers good layers? Are Welsummers good layers? Welsummers are known for their large dark brown egg. Standard size birds have […]

Chicken that’s labeled “organic,” must be raised according to USDA National Organic Program rules from its second day after hatching. These rules include: No antibiotic use. You can’t give drugs, antibiotics and/or hormones to organic birds. (Also note that it is not legal to give hormones to any chicken.) What is the definition of an […]

Generally, in the US, an Easter Egger is a bird that is understood to carry the blue egg laying gene from its parent stock (the Araucana or Ameraucana). Although primarily thought of as an egg layer, they make a reasonable dual-purpose breed. What kind of chickens are dual purpose? Popular Dual Purpose breeds include: Barred […]

Cream Legbar Introducing the fabulous Crested Cream Legbar! Are you looking for a beautiful flock of medium sized, hardy, dual purpose birds that will not only produce beautiful pastel colored eggs, but….. also produce visibly sexed chicks? What kind of chickens are dual purpose? Popular Dual Purpose breeds include: Barred & White Rock (200-280 brown […]

Which Bantam Chickens Are The Best Layers? Easter Eggers, Brahma, Plymouth Rocks, and Sussex are some of the best egg laying bantams. They might produce slightly smaller eggs than their larger counterparts but they consistently produce good numbers of eggs. Are bantam chickens Good laying? As well as being known as one of the more […]

Turkey eggs are totally edible: Those who have backyard turkeys report their eggs taste remarkably similar to chicken eggs. They are slightly bigger, the shell slightly tougher, and the membrane between the shell and the egg slightly thicker, but otherwise, not too different. Are turkey eggs better than chicken eggs? Turkey eggs are more nutritious […]

Cluck-ulator. If you’re starting a backyard flock, the Cluck-ulator is the perfect pocket poultry consultant. Its Breed Selector helps you select the breed(s) of chicken you wish to raise based on criteria such as temperament, eggshell color, climate tolerance, rate of lay, size at maturity and more. How can I tell what kind of chicken […]

Between 5-7 weeks, you should be able to begin visually distinguishing males from females. Compared to pullets, the combs and wattles of cockerels often develop earlier and are usually larger. What are the first signs of a rooster? General behavior is also often an indicator. Roosters will seem to “strut their stuff”, even at a […]

They are well known for their egg laying and even the bantams lay well! You can find them in silver laced, golden laced, black, buff, blue, and silver penciled. Expect a calm and peaceful chicken that thrives roaming outside. What are the different types of bantam chickens? BantamRepresentative species What is the most popular bantam […]

There are quite a few bantam chicken breeds. In fact, The American Bantam Association lists over 400 varieties in total. How many types of bantam chickens are there? BantamRepresentative species What is the most popular bantam chicken? Unfortunately Belgian Bantams are good fliers, therefore will need a good chicken run to ensure they don’t end […]

Examine the size of the chicken. Chickens come in generally two size, bantam or standard. Bantam are miniature chickens, one-quarter the size of standard chickens, which produce eggs that are one-quarter to one-half the size of regular chickens, which weigh about 5 1/2 pounds. What are the four types of chickens? Standard breeds of chickens […]