Animals


Backyard Chickens

A good start is a flock of 10 or 12 early hatched pullets or yearling hens and an early hatched, mature rooster. I don’t really recommend any particular variety of chicken. All breeds are good layers with the exception of those fancy breeds like Polish, Frizzles, Red Caps. etc. For the backyard chicken coop, any • Read More »


Cooking Wild Game

With the opening of hunting season, some ladies of the house and newbie hunters are asking how to cook wild game. Let me see if I can shed some light on the subject. As I was growing up, my daddy owned and operated a hunting preserve in central east Tennessee. I was quite often called • Read More »