Experimenting with chickens: finding the best meat and egg layers.(The henhouse) From: Countryside & Small Stock Journal | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Ovefelt, Willene | COPYRIGHT 2005 Countryside Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

While stashing six more chickens into the freezer after butchering recently, I reflected on how our chicken raising has progressed throughout the years. In the past, nothing was more satisfying to me than tending baby chicks in a corner of the utility room listening to them peep contentedly as they pecked and scurried about. Just food, water, heat lamp--very simple. That was, until the third day when they began to stink, no matter how clean the pen. Then I was more than happy to ca...