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Can Chicken eat Grapes?  Yes, offering chicken grapes is safe for them and I bet your chickens will love them. Watching them scramble for it as you toss it is oddly satisfying too. Do Chickens eat Grapes with Seeds? Grapes are round, juicy and sweet, even when they begin to shrivel up…raisins, anyone? Yes, chickens can eat grapes with seeds (and even fight over these tasty little morsels if … [Read more...]

Chickens can and will eat tomatoes in your yard. Do Chickens eat Tomatoes? They will consume tomatoes with no problem. They will also eat the tomato plant. In addition they will eat the squash, berries, corn, pepper plants, zukes, and beans, when it first sprouts. If it doesn't eat chickens, chickens it eat!! Can chicken eat Tomato? Yes, chickens can snack on ripe … [Read more...]

The Sussex Chicken breed, quite a long time it has been with the human species. The Sussex Chicken has lived among us, bred, multiplied, almost went extinct, and yet considered to be a rapidly recovering chicken breed reared as a dual-purpose hen, egg, and meat production and again exceeding at both purposes.  It has an intriguing history and has suffered through the high points and low … [Read more...]

The Jersey Giant chicken breed is the biggest chicken breed and is, in reality, among the heaviest of all chicken breeds. The Jersey Giant were initially bred as a turkey replacement late in the 19th century. Jersey Giants are calm giant chickens that are a terrific all-around. A complete blend of dual-purpose fowls, and they also make such fantastic pets. Although they do … [Read more...]

Know more about what chicken breed are auto sexed and those that are not. As every yard poultry farmers know, when raising chickens, you will very likely end up with a higher number of the different chicken breeds than intended and thus the need to increase the number of fading chicken breeds.  It takes just a solitary rooster to cover over different breeds of, let’s say twenty hens, in an … [Read more...]

So, can mixed chicken breed live together? The short response to this is, it depends, although some mixed chicken breeds can live peacefully together. Bearing this in mind, different breeds of chicken existing together will require careful planning and a lot of factors to be put into consideration.   For example, a few breeds are known to be extraordinarily meek and quiet, while others … [Read more...]

There are certain chicken breed for cold weather you must know. A lot of chicken breeds survive cold, dry weather, yet not all of them do. Thus your understanding of the weather condition of your area is necessary if you choose to rear a particular breed of chicken. Now, we have to note beforehand that if we rear a breed of chicken in a wrong climatic condition not suited to that breed, we … [Read more...]