Interesting article on how the Egyptians hatched eggs 2000 years ago and some still do today.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/egypt-egg-ovens?utm_medium=atlas-page&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR0Qrwa3edCGJj1E9hjT89YGvdSDXyYrwPl799IhZIqLH1eaBKJgsvIBSIw
Occasionally I would have a hen or pullet go into the coop too late to be able see well enough to get on the roost or get knocked off the roost at night and not be able to see to get back up. This, of course, lead to piles of poop on the coop floor. I don't have electricity in my coop. I can...
Lost a hen today about 3:00 PM to a juvenile Cooper's Hawk. It's the price we as owners, and the chickens, pay for free ranging. By the time I was able to get to site of the attack (about 80 yards) and scare the hawk away, she was already dead, but I didn't see the beginning of it. I didn't...
I've been pondering/planning a small (4 birds) chicken coop for the backyard for the past few months, but there's been so many other things taking higher priority this spring that it's taken until now to get to it. I looked at dozens and dozens of backyard coop plans and sketched some stuff...