Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Ready for Chickens
So you have decided that you want chickens! First of all, I can say that chickens are easy to care for! They are healthy and hardy, and most people don’t experience any issues or problems. Chickens are truly a pleasure…
Giving Poultry as a Gift
Holiday Gifts from Purely Poultry The season of giving and holiday gifting is upon us, and many poultry enthusiasts may be thinking of giving poultry as a gift. It is important to be responsible when gifting live poultry. Be certain…
If it walks like a duck…
Ducks! Colorful and varied, good producers, effective pest foragers, attractive. Some quack more than others – they call them Call ducks for a reason – but many owners enjoy that sociability. Husbandry is different from that for chickens, but once…
Crazy about Bantam Chickens
“As a hazel-nut is to a walnut, a Brussels sprout to a cabbage, an Austin to a Cadillac – so is a Bantam to a regular chicken,” writes Eva Le Gallienne in Flossie and Bossie,her 1949 novel about two bantam…
Poultry and Chicken research at the library and feed store
Madison, Wisconsin was the best place for me to live while I was writing How to Raise Chickens! The University of Wisconsin’s Steenbock Memorial Library , has a world-class collection in agriculture and life sciences. Their research librarians are the…
