Learn How To Raise Your Own Chickens
Groundwork and Bonding – Chicken and Egg?
Bonding is the development of a relationship of trust and confidence between a horse and his owner or handler. It comes from countless hours of working with the horse beginning with our earliest foal imprinting lessons (if we were lucky enough to have that opportunity) and continuing throughout the horse’s life.
Every time you handle the horse, whether it’s to feed him, brush him, doctor him or pick his hooves, you are unconsciously affecting the bonding process. How you affect it, depends upon how well you understand the principles of natural horsemanship and consequently, how well you… Continue reading
The Chicken And The Egg
What came first, the chicken or the egg? This question has bogged the minds of Philosophers and scientific know-it-alls for centuries. And I’m not the one that’s going to provide you with the answer. After spending 28 seconds thinking about this matter, I decided that there are subjects more important to discuss here in terms of trading. Things that might present us the same dilemma.
What comes first, consistency or profits? Now, this is a question that’s in the mind of every aspiring trader. Well of course profits, you might say! You can’t have consistency unless you perform several profitable… Continue reading
Wyandotte Chickens and Fresh Eggs
Wyandotte chickens are great birds for someone looking to raise chickens for the first time. They are attractive birds with great personalities and egg-producing capabilities.
Full-grown, the males will weigh in at approximately nine pounds. The females will grow to about seven pounds. The bantam varieties, however, are much smaller, at about forty percent of the size of the larger birds.
This soft-feathered breed is available in a wide variety of colors. White, blue, black, and buff are just a couple of examples. There are even gold and silver-laced varieties. Although many people consider the laced varieties to be the… Continue reading
Candling Chicken Eggs – Candling Duck Eggs : chickens eggs
What is Egg Candling?
Egg Candling is the process of using an illumination source to determine whether or not the eggs you have are fertile. For this, all you really need is a flashlight and a dark room, although if you want to get really precise and well-lit, you should buy an egg candler. For candling duck eggs, candling chicken eggs, and candling quail eggs, the procedure is pretty simple:
What to Do- How to Candle Chicken Eggs
For chicken egg candling and duck egg candling, just hold the beam of the flashlight behind the egg while you are in… Continue reading
Advice on hatching chicken eggs
There are lots of things you need to be aware of when hatching chicken eggs for the first time, the most important thing is to make sure you source your eggs from a reliable breeder and obtain the freshest eggs you can. Most reputable breeders will send you eggs which are younger than 10 days old and this makes a huge difference to your hatch rate. If your eggs are not fresh and are over 10 days old, the chances of them hatching are limited. Always also make sure that you leave your eggs to stand for 24 hours… Continue reading