Help- My Chicken Is Sagging-Ascites; Twin Beaks Chicken Podcast 13

Announcing our upcoming contest! Does your hen look like its gone gangsta?  We thought maybe one of our hens had been talking to the local High School kids, and had started sagging her pants; but it turns out that she has ascites!  There are several conditions that can cause your hen to look like her …

The Hunger Games; Training Your Chickens. Twin Beaks Chicken Podcast Episode 11

Are your chickens living up to their full potential?  Do you have the kind of relationship you want to have with your chickens?  Don’t be content with a flock of unmanageable fowl, start training your chickens now! We promise no chickens were harmed in the production of this episode; we called it the hunger games …

Consider The Silkie ~ The Chicken for Bird People

“Oh… Its a Silkie” I thought, looking at the ad on Craigslist. Tiny fluffball bird.  “Why would anyone want one of those?”  I thought.  Why take up space in the coop when you could fill it with a big egg layer or a good size meat bird.  I’ll admit it, I had made up my …

Twin Beaks Chicken Podcast Episode 2; “How To Pick Up Chicks”

Join Amber and Shannon as they welcome their 8 new guests to the show!  In this episode we discuss the various methods of getting and raising baby chicks. Joining your hosts today on the show are the 8 baby hens recently arrived to the Twin Beaks Household via mail. Amber and Shannon share with the …