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Guineas are not for everyone, but sometimes they are the perfect addition. What do people need to consider before they decide to own guineas?

by Elizabeth Cleveland

Things to consider before getting guinea fowl:

1. They are just like having any other pet–they need shelter, protection, food and housing. …

You have always wanted a few chickens and uBuilder Plans is here to help you succeed! Keeping chickens is easy, taking only a few minutes each day, and allowed in many towns across the US. The City Biddy Hen House makes it even easier! Your hens will be happy hens – scratching around in the grass and playing in the sun. Hens that come when you call them and take treats from your hand. …

We are moving to VA in March and want to live in Chicks Beach (about a block or so from the beach). My question: Is it better to stay on the beach side of Shore Drive and how far (road wise) does Chicks Beach actually extend, as I look at rental postings and Chicks Beach to some extends all the way to the Hampton Roads Bridge.

I had heard that Ocean View is close to Chicks Beach and NOT to …

We had a problem with the older hens pecking one of the younger hens when a broody hen hatched a clutch of eggs. I kept the runt and even full grown the older hens pecked her all the time. We have a huge chicken run area, the coop is real big for all the birds but the pecking went on for a few months.

The runty hen would even go and roost on the feeding station part of the coop and at …

“Does the rooster have to cover the hen each time a egg is formed for it to be fertile? I understand, and perhaps I misunderstand, that the sperm of the rooster is stored in the hens body until a egg passes by and then it is fertilized? So does a rooster deposit sperm that effects several eggs, or must he make a fresh deposit for each egg? Thanks” ~ Sam

Hi Sam, thanks for the question. …

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by Cindy Gibson

It is important to train your guineas, from an early age, to be herded and to go into the coop every night. Going into the coop is important for their protection: Guineas are just not equipped to be able to defend themselves against the kinds of nighttime predators that they will encounter in …

Raising hens is definitely not an easy task. Hens are vulnerable to many diseases, if they are not provided with a clean and hygienic shelter. Since, they tend to get dirty pretty often, it is difficult to maintain a clean shelter for them. If the hen house design is faulty, it may fail to provide proper ventilation to your hens. There are several factors to be considered while building a …

My broody hen has chicks! – So what do I do now? Terry Beebe says don’t panic and help nature to help herself

9:46am Wednesday 20th June 2007

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HATCHING using broody hens is the most natural form of incubation. The hens will in most cases have sat tight for the 21-day incubation period (ducks 28 days) and then will hatch the clutchthemselves. …

Laying an EggAn interesting event! By Wiebe H. van der Molen (molrenku AT diva.nl)

In books on poultry you can find how the egg is formed in the hen and howthe young develops within. But almost nothing is written about oviposition.In wildlife films on TV you see birds nesting, brooding, the chickens hatchingand being fed by their parents, but never I saw a bird laying an egg.

So I looked …

Index: poultryOne.com / Chicken Articles / Egg Layer Chicken Articles / Hen Health Problems in Your Egg Layers /

Raising most laying hens is pretty basic, although some problems occur due to a variety of causes. Chicken Information Central has put together this page to supplement more extensive research released on our poultry forum.

Egg binding is a problem when a particularly large egg …