This edition of the Q and A section includes insights on a highly prized hen ($5,000!), winners of an Australian egg-laying competition and more.

Q and A A Five Thousand Dollar Hen

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The Poultry Tribune cover, Vol. XIV, April 1909, No. 8.

Poultry Tribune April 1909.pdf

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Ahh, the age-old question: Who raises poultry better – women or men? Arthur G. Symonds adds his two cents in this article from The Poultry Tribune, February 1910 (spoiler alert: score one for the ladies!).

Women As Poultry Raisers.pdf

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Read all about nature’s way of rearing baby chickens from The Poultry Tribune, Vol. XIV, July 1909.

Nature’s Way.pdf

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How to make yourself useful when the hens don’t need as much attention. Margaret C. Daly reminds us there’s always something to do!

The Hens’ Vacation.pdf

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I am surprised at both the amount of work that goes into getting chickens and preparing for them, and how easy they are to care for. We have 8 pullets that love to be visited. They are not yet laying. Before they arrived I had to take a vacation day to finish up their coop as I could not find time in the evenings – my kids just started baseball season. By the time my in-laws arrived with six of our new arrivals, I was beat. I still don’t have nesting boxes (although I will need them in the next…

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Aesop’s goose laid golden eggs, Jack climbed the beanstalk and stole a hen that laid golden eggs, and although I’ve never played, I hear that the chickens in Farmville can lay golden eggs.

Well, now I have a golden egg layer, too!

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I raise chickens because I like being self-sufficient and enjoy the many benefits of fresh eggs. The eggs from my backyard are fresher than anything I can get in a store, and they’re more nutritious, too!

It is important to me to know where my food comes from, how it is cared for, and what is in it. My backyard chickens are as free range and organic as I can let them be, eating only things chickens should eat like bugs, worms, whole grains and whatever else they can chase…

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