“This is a chicken farm. We’re the chickens.” – Babs
Here’s a bit of chicken trivia for you:
- Hens lay an egg about every 25 hours
- 2 to 4 hens will provide plenty of eggs & amusement for a small family
- Chickens are great pest control for the garden
- Hens don’t need a rooster to lay eggs
- The ‘chicken coop’ is the entire hen habitat, including a run & henhouse
- Many cities permit keeping a few hens on residential property
- The color of a hen’s ear lobe corresponds with the color of her eggs shell
- Chickens are called ‘pullets’ when they are fully feathered. When one year old they are called ‘hens’
- Composted chicken manure becomes rich garden soil
- Chickens start laying at about 6 months
- Hens sleep & lay eggs in the henhouse
- Pine shavings are the best kind of litter for use in the coop- they are absorbent & sweet-smelling
- A chicken can lay up to 600 eggs in her first 2 years
- Chickens live about 8 years, though some have lived twice that long
- Hens worldwide lay close to 700 billion eggs each year
- Feeding your chickens greens, fruit & veg, along with chicken feed, will make their eggs rich & luscious. Just be careful with the garlic!