It is common sense to hatch eggs from spring onwards as nature intended so that the young birds can enjoy the summer sunshine ...

Have you ever wondered what makes a hen broody? There are lots of reasons that you can learn about by reading here!

The term broody might not be an everyday word used in the average person’s vocabulary, but for anyone who owns chickens it is a well-known poultry tendency. Broodiness is a behavior a hen can exhibit ...

In this insightful video, we explore the essential tips and techniques for setting up a comfortable isolation pen that keeps ...

Egg incubators, such as this Brinsea countertop model, offer another way to hatch chicken eggs if you don't have a broody hen. Now, on to working with broody hens. What follows is an adaptation from ...

Hatching your own chicks with a broody hen is an adventure that combines the wonders of nature with the charm of traditional farming. My year/old Easter Egger, Peach, decided she wanted a family of ...

The nesting material in our chicken nesting boxes was getting raked out leading to dirty and cracked eggs so this is how I fixed the problem. Also in this video, I show my latest experiment of trying ...

I am a poultry farmer in Kitengela and I noticed something unique my neighbour also a poultry farmer, was doing. Recently he had a broody chicken that had sat on eggs for the entire 21 days of ...

Lulu has gone broody, so my one source of fresh eggs has dried up. Going broody means a hen has stopped laying and won't leave her nest because she's focused on incubation -- even though Lulu's not ...

Chickens can be a touch on the stubborn side. But have you ever seen a chicken unleash her inner mama bear? That's exactly what happened with one Rhode Island Red when her owner came back home from ...

FREER, Texas — Bret Collier is kind of like the Indiana Jones of College Station. Collier is a Texas A&M professor searching for the holy grail of wild turkey management. On the Temple Ranch in Duval ...