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Fatten your Chickens with a natural Treat Mix

Fatten your Chickens   An article on how to fatten your chickens with natural foods and treats! Hello, My name is Ayslen Redmon, owner of Lots ‘A’ Cluckin’ Farms. I started out

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Where to buy chicks, hatching eggs, and chickens

Buying Chicks, Hatching Eggs and Chickens       Hello, My name is Ayslen Redmon, owner of Lots ‘A’ Cluckin’ Farms. I started out raising chickens two years ago and have

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Chicken Obsessed are you considering Purchasing a Chicken?

Could you be considered Chickens Obsessed?   According to my husband, I’m chicken obsessed. It didn’t happen all at once. Those feathery little crap factories grew on me like a slow tumor. Sure

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My Chickens not Laying as many eggs ~ Chickens not laying eggs!

Chickens not Layin   A Reader Ask, I have 44 layer hen’s, 23 light bramas and 21 new Hampshire reds. I recently turned them out in my spent tomato patch to forge and they practically stopped

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Feeding Your Chickens Table Scraps

Chickens Table Scraps   Chickens like to eat table scraps, and most of the leftovers from your meals are safe for them to eat. Table scraps alone don’t form a balanced diet for your chickens, so

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Lots ‘A’ Cluckin’ Farm Orpington Breeders

“Where the Orpingtons run free”   My name is Ayslen Redmon and I am the owner of Lots ‘A’ Cluckin’ Farm. We breed Heritage English Orpingtons to the English standard. We strive to get this

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Chicken Review The Domestic Chicken

The Domestic Chicken   As we grew up in Kentucky were accustom to Chickens running loose in the backyard, known as  The Domestic Chicken. From time to time they would wander out into the

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Chicken Review Bantams and Bannies

Mary S.     I used to have three or four bantams. We called them Bannies. Mommy didn’t like them much because they could get in the garden through smaller holes in the fence than the regular

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Remembering Grandmother Killing a Chicken

Remembering Grandmother Killing a Chicken Shirley H. I remember my Grandmother killing and dressing a chicken. Then never seemed to want any fried chicken. Then when my husband and I raised 50 chickens

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