Tag: homesteading
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How to Deal with an Aggressive Rooster
He grabs the back of her neck, treads on her, makes a mess of her feathers, and she shakes it off. Over time he’ll wear bare patches into the backs of your best-favored hens. It looks worse than it is, it tends to improve as he matures, and a hen saddle will protect the birds…
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A Gift for the Hen House: Two Hand-Painted Folk-Art Chicken Signs
Some people bring a bottle of wine when they come to visit. My friend Bonnie Lynn Rowe brought two wooden signs she’d painted by hand — and then told me they were for the chickens. Not for me. For the chickens. I have never been so thoroughly put in my place by a houseguest, and…
