If avoiding livestock that have been administered antibiotics is important to you, double check that the package label reads “antibiotic-free” or has a USDA Organic… Read More »How Do You Know If Chicken Is Organic?
Pullet eggs are tiny and look like gems in the nest. Although the first eggs your birds lay may be small, irregularly shaped and/or inconsistent,… Read More »What Does A Chickens First Egg Look Like?
Some of the strains of brown-shelled egg layers have the silver/gold sexing characteristics. In broiler crosses, the down of day-old female chicks is gold or… Read More »Are Male Chickens Yellow?
Squatting is often a sign that your hen has reached maturity. She is signaling that she is ready to lay eggs, and she may very… Read More »Do Chickens Squat When They Lay Eggs?
The Step 3 label means that the animals were raised on farms with improved living conditions and animal welfare practices. Chickens and pigs raised according… Read More »What Is Step 3 Chicken?
As the psychologist G.G. Gallup Jr. explained in a series of papers from the 1970s, chickens freeze for longer when exposed to loud noises, stuffed… Read More »Do Chickens Freeze When Scared?
When your hen is egg bound, your hen may appear weak, show no interest in moving or eating, have a “panting” respiratory rate, and may… Read More »What Does A Egg Bound Chicken Look Like?
Chickens fed exclusively corn (or mostly corn) have the most yellow skin. You should usually find a label on the chicken meat packet, stating whether… Read More »Why Is My Chicken Bright Yellow?
Can chickens lay “gold eggs”? In fairy tales, the chickens can lay “golden eggs”. However, chicken antibodies production platform developed by Cloud-Clone Corp. makes the… Read More »Do Any Chickens Lay Golden Eggs?
Chickens are a common sight on rural homesteads across South Africa. These are so-called ‘village chickens’, also named ‘indigenous foragers‘ or ‘Zulu chickens’. Yet although… Read More »What Is A Zulu Chicken?