Articles by The Red Rooster

Our first experience with chickens was 5 years ago. We got some Rhode Island Red hens from some of our friends. Some coyotes got all of them. After that I lost interest in chickens. "They where just for eating" I thought. Then we moved to South Dakota. We bought some Bantam chicks from a feed...

Auntie came to us from a farmer who really wasn't selling chickens. Our work took us out into Nisland (a very small town in South Dakota). The farmer told us he had chickens, but he only wanted to sell the chicks. Finally, after a little persuasion, he decided to let go of two of his hens. He...

We bought Chickadee from Zips Feed Store as a chick. We intended to process her for meat when she became on age, but I guess we're just not farmers. She and four other chicks grew up to become pets and egg layers. After a few years, all four of the bantams died of natural causes, and Chickadee...