Your Very Own Chicken Coop

Learn How To Raise Your Own Chickens

Choose Carefully When Choosing Good Egg Layer Chicken Breeds

Because of the wide variety of chickens available to raise, it is necessary to establish exactly what you want to use your chickens for. People all over the word raise flocks for meat and egg production, or for as pets and to show in competitions. If you’re looking for good egg layer chicken breeds, there are a few things to consider.

Firstly, all chickens lay eggs. However, not all chickens are considered productive egg layers. Along those lines, some chickens are good egg layers, but do not have the mild temperament necessary for raising small flocks in your backyard. If… Continue reading

How You Can Build A Chicken Run Inexpensively : chicken run

A chicken run is a confined area for farming chickens, though it is a larger area than the traditional chicken coop. Here, chickens are able to run around in an outdoor location. If you have a large population of chickens then its best to let them roam free-range. Not only does this have some benefits in egg production and poultry quality, but it is also a requirement by the USDA. The USDA requires that all chicken farmers allow chickens to roam freely in an exterior location, but have never actually specified the quality or size of the range. Other benefits… Continue reading

Osteoarthritis and Inflammation – The Chicken or The Egg? : chickens eggs

One of the primary differences between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis has to do with inflammation. Although inflammation is generally thought of as a negative or undesirable condition, it is actually one of the body’s many responses to a metabolic crisis usually bought on by the presence of one microbial pathogen or another. The heat that is often generated by inflammation – as in the case of fever – is actually the body’s way of attempting to literally cook the intruder to death in combination with increased activity of your white blood cells and various chemicals. In a healthy metabolism this… Continue reading