Buy baby chicks or hatching eggs?
Buy baby chicks or hatching eggs? After living in Madison, Wisconsin for four years, I returned to California’s Central Coast in 2007. I hatched some eggs two years ago for baby chicks for my own backyard flock. I wanted traditional…
The Dubbing Debate: Should You Dub Game Birds for Exhibition?
People are usually ready to share their opinions, whether asked or not. Well, when the topic is the dubbing of game birds for exhibition, people have strong opinions! What Is Dubbing? Dubbing is the practice of cutting off the comb,…
Review of “All Cooped Up”
This review appeared in the April edition of The Poultry Press, on page 51. We are happy to share it here, as well. Wisconsin native Patricia Lacey has written a detailed, extensive history of the American Bantam Association, called All…
Poultry Defined
Mirriam-Webster defines poultry as: noun:: domesticated birds kept for eggs or meat. As defined by the American Poultry Association, Poultry includes chickens, bantam chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and guineas (American). The American Poultry Association, also known as the APA, mostly only…
