Online Chicken School Podcast

[hr] Episode 26 Show Notes Happy Eggtoberfest! October means Octoberfest in our household, so this month Suzy will highlight German recipes that use eggs. This week we talk about my favorite noodle… Spaetzle! It’s basically a short stumpy egg noodle, but it is amazing! Check out the recipe here! What Happened to All the Eggs? […]

[hr] Episode 24 Show Notes Special Announcement! If you have been listening to the show for a while, you may have noticed that we do not normally have guests. To be more accurate, we have never had a guest before. That, my friends, is about to change. Next week, on Episode 25, we will have […]

[hr] Episode 23 Show Notes Correction In Episode 22, we talked about sending baby chicks through the mail. I made the statement that you cannot send adult chickens via the post office. Turns out I was wrong! You can indeed ship adult chickens through the mail! I Learned that the Hard Way [06:20] The other […]

[hr] Episode 22 Show Notes Raising Chickens in New York City   We received an awesome email with some great questions from Justin in Queens: Hi. I am new to the whole chicken thing, I would like to learn more about what to do with the chicken manure, how to and whats the best thing […]

[hr] Episode 21 Show Notes Whether you buy a pre-built coop or build your own, there are some features your layer coop should have. My Three-Year-Old Loves the Chickens [02:30] Karyn emailed us from Virginia to say “I have a 3 year old who just can’t keep her little hands off the chickens when we […]

[hr] Episode 20 Show Notes In this episode, Don & Suzy answer listener questions.

[hr] Episode 19 Show Notes Shep Got Fixed If you have been listening to the podcast for a while, you know we have a now 6-month old Australian Shepherd / Catahoula mix puppy named Shep. Sadly for Shep, procreation is no longer an option in his future. Chicken Feed Showdown! Two weeks ago, right after […]

Episode 18 – In this episode, we discuss whether you should include a rooster in your backyard flock. [hr] Show Notes The Colonel Has Finally Delivered! If you have been listening to the show, you know that have been trying to hatch eggs from the Colonel, our Light Sussex rooster and his four ladies. We […]

Episode 17 – Don & Suzy talk about when and how to give your hen a bath, as well as how to care for her feet and nails. [hr] Show Notes The Reds Have Arrived On Wednesday, I received an early morning call from the Post Office letting us know our baby chicks had arrived. […]

Episode 16 – Don & Suzy talk about adding New Hampshire Reds to the farm. [hr] Show Notes The Dreaded Pox Sadly, our Light Sussex chickens all came down with Fowl Pox. Fortunately, they have the dry version which is the less fatal of the two. The dry version creates black bumps on all non-feathered […]