Tips for Introducing New Chickens into Your Coop

Tips for Introducing New Chickens into Your Coop

Chicken Math is real! We keep adding new breeds and varieties to our flocks. So, how can we get our chickens to live together in harmony?  Chickens have an established pecking order, a social hierarchy that dictates daily routines and life in the coop. If you don’t...
Friday Feature:  Fence H-Brace Construction

Friday Feature: Fence H-Brace Construction

This week’s featured video was published by North Carolina Extension.  In the video, Anthony Growe, Richmond County Agent, provides a step by step demonstration of H-Brace construction for a high tensile electric fence, however these steps are similar for other...
Tips for a Great Chicken Coop

Tips for a Great Chicken Coop

Now that you have chickens, and they are ready to go outside into their coop – What kind of chicken coop do you need? You can spend as much or as little as your budget allows. While it is certainly true that chickens don’t need a mansion with automatic doors,...
MARC Across-Breed EPDs Updated for 2025

MARC Across-Breed EPDs Updated for 2025

Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) have been a major tool for genetic selection of breeding cattle for many years.  One of the issues, though, is that EPDs are only useful within a single specific breed. Because each breed manages and presents its own data somewhat...