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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CORVALLIS – Care for chickens correctly and they’ll reward you with cartons full of fresh eggs. Get it wrong and the eggs stop coming. The good news is that getting it right isn’t difficult, said Jim ...

In this episode of Mother Earth News and Friends, Hank Will and Carla Tilghman chat about how to care for your layer chickens, from housing to food to storing the eggs. Hank Will has raised chickens ...