Farming Chart

To candle a canary egg, you’re looking at seeing through the shell but not actualy cracking it open. That’s important with canaries since their hatching … Read more

You can learn to candle your parakeet eggs to see what is going on inside them. That way you don’t have to guess but rather … Read more

And then there’s raising male chickens. You just learn a lot about keep male chickens as you go along. For example you start out with … Read more

Rhode Island Reds are consistent dual-purpose birds. They lay well and grow steady. They take changing weather in stride and don’t fuss all the time. … Read more

Patience and keen observation pay off when raising Leghorns, which grow rapidly but in a series of stages, each one different than the last. You … Read more

Raising chickens goes from day-old fluff to the first egg. The time seems like it’s whizzing by and then dragging out when raising your own … Read more

A baby cockatiel is not much of anything when it hatches, so you start out taking very good care of a little nothing. Within days … Read more

One of the joys of keeping budgies is watching their chicks develop from little pink bundles to a full fledged adult bird. They matures quickly … Read more

When you’re a new keeper, you might be surprised how fast bantams grows. They grow from being as small as your palm on hatch day … Read more

If you raise chicks, there’s an element of anxiety with raising them… Especially the first couple of months where keeping the temperature right are critical … Read more

If you keep chickens, here’s what you already know: The comb is not just decorative. It’s a kind of built-in thermostat, a structure atop bird’s … Read more