Backyard Chickens’ Winter Snack
Posted on Apr 07, 2009 under Breeding Chickens | 1 Comment
Chickens of January are too snooty to try some rice cakes while white doggy watches.
Duration : 0:1:12
Backyard Chickens and Turkeys - Feeding Time
Posted on Apr 04, 2009 under Family activities | 2 Comments
Feeding the chickens…and one of our turkeys sneaking a snack while the hens were too busy to notice.
This clearly shows how well small children can manage chickens - taking responsibility, observing them and caring for them.
Duration : 0:3:32
Counting Chickens
Posted on Apr 01, 2009 under Keeping chickens | No CommentIn an experiment with chicks by an Italian university, researchers have found what chicken keepers already knew - chickens are surprisingly intelligent. It isn’t about us counting chickens - chicken themselves can count!
See the BBC video here
Baby birds can do arithmetic, say researchers in Italy.
Scientists from the universities of Padova and Trento demonstrated Chicks‘ ability to add and subtract objects as they were moved behind two screens.
Counting chickens
In each of the mini maths tests, a chick watched from a clear-fronted holding box while one of the researchers slowly moved the balls behind the screens - three behind one screen and two behind the other.
The front door of the box was then opened, releasing the chick into the tiny arena, so it could walk around and select a screen to look behind.
They chose correctly - adding up the numbers based on groups of objects they couldn’t see at that moment.
“The chicks still approached the larger of the two groups first, even though they had to rely on memory to work out which screen to choose,” said Professor Lucia Regolin of the University of Padova.
Domestic turkeys–an old breed–and chickens
Posted on Mar 23, 2009 under Keeping chickens | 3 Comments
Short clip of my brother with his poultry
Duration : 0:0:50
Hawk proof roof for backyard chicken run
Posted on Mar 21, 2009 under Breeding Chickens | 2 Comments
Bamboo, zip ties and deer netting provide shelter from aerial attack for poor backyard fowl.
Duration : 0:1:58
Backyard Chicken Coop in Ft. Collins
Posted on Mar 21, 2009 under Breeding Chickens | 3 Comments
This is an update on the Coop and the Backyard
Duration : 0:3:33
backyard chicken fun
Posted on Mar 19, 2009 under Breeding Chickens | No Comment
Here is a clip about our family enjoying out newest additions to our household…Mary and Clara, the chickens. If they survive the dogs, the cats and the children, these chickens will be very lucky.
Duration : 0:2:16
Funny backyard chickens
Posted on Mar 19, 2009 under Keeping chickens | 6 Comments
my backyard chickens
Duration : 0:0:56
Breeding Pen
Posted on Mar 18, 2009 under Breeding Chickens | No Comment
This is one of my spring/summer breeding pens. It has 3 sections so I can keep 3 breeds seperate.
Duration : 0:0:24
Sexing Chickens - Separating the Pullets from the Cockrels
Posted on Mar 17, 2009 under Breeding Chickens | 3 Comments
Sexing chickens with any certainty is hard to do (unless you have sex link breeds). ‘Separating the Pullets from the erels’ was originally in the April 2008 issue of the Keeping Chickens Newsletter
Duration : 0:2:31