For backyard chickens, the number 18 means the same thing. Eighteen weeks is the age when most egg-laying breeds are considered adults. Most excitingly, it’s the time when many breeds will lay their ...

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Mealworms are a healthy, nutritious snack full of protein that help hens lay a lot of eggs. For Joy Waylen, raising worms as chicken feed has become quite easy and very rewarding. She says mealworm ...

Reprinted with permission from the Organic Broadcaster newspaper, published by the Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES). As a poultry nutrition specialist, Jeff Mattocks talks to a ...

Backyard chickens mean super-fresh free-range eggs, and their poop is pure gold for organic gardens. But for many backyard poultry ranchers, chickens are a clucking, purring joy in themselves. The ...