Your Very Own Chicken Coop

Learn How To Raise Your Own Chickens

Raising Chickens For Fun Or Profit? Chicken Coop Plans Made Simple! : chickens eggs

So you decided to raise chickens in your backyard, great decision! Now the question is how are you going to get your chickens? Are you going to buy them as chicks and raise them to adults or are you going to buy fertile eggs and hatch them yourself? Also what kind of housing will you choose for them? Or will you build your own chicken coop?

If you are going to raise the chicken from a fertile egg you will need to find a source that has high quality eggs and you will also need to get an incubator, ideally… Continue reading

Building Backyard Chicken Coops – Tips to Design a Backyard Chicken Coop : chicken coops

A chicken coop is a shelter place for chickens. It is a safe retreat place where hens lay their eggs. There are different kinds of chicken coop designs and plans available in the market. However, there are certain factors to be considered while building a backyard chicken coop.

Before planning and designing a coop you need to focus on three essential points so that the coop is comfortable for chickens:-

Have 4.5 sq. ft. of space between each chicken
3 nests shared between 8 chickens
9 inches of perch length for each chicken

Once you have decided on this then… Continue reading

Chicken Poultry Importers Help Make the World Healthy : poultry coops

The India Trading Company has been reliable U.K. Chicken Poultry Importers. These chickens are sent to the U.K. supermarket chains.

Chicken is a very healthy food choice for many reasons. It can treat the following body parts and conditions:

• Brain Health
• Thyroid Health
• Cancer Protection
• Heart Health
• Weight Loss

Chicken contains an ingredient called Niacin, which helps keep the brain healthy and helps to prevent people from developing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Niacin also helps fight off cancer if a person eats as little as four ounces of chicken per day. From this serving they… Continue reading

Treats For Your Chickens

Just like you and me, chickens love having little treats to keep them happy and motivated to keep on fighting the good fight.  So go out and buy your chickens a box of chocolates or maybe a nice big cake.  Just kidding, your chickens’ treats are not the same as our treats.  So instead of buying them candy and sweets, your chickens will love you when you give them some different vegetables and fruits.  I will run down a little list of great treats you can give your chickens to keep them happy with you.

Apples… Continue reading

Ant Farms – Evolution in Action

 Ant farms are one of the most popular educational ‘toys’ on the market today. And there’s no doubt that kids can learn an awful lot about ants, social insects, group behaviour, and all sorts of other interactions by watching ants going about their business. But how did it all start?

Victorian invention

Well, the history is a bit murky but, as far as I can tell, people first started constructing ant farms in the Victorian period. Until the mid 1800’s, glass had been a fairly expensive commodity and certainly not something one would ‘waste’ on a child’s toy. Until… Continue reading

How To Raise Organic Chickens : chicken farm

Organic chickens are known to be one of the healthier meats available. They are not exposed to as much toxins as other chickens are, making them rather clean. If you are planning to raise your own organic chickens, it will require different procedures as compared to raising common chickens. Here are some standards you will need to follow in order for your chickens to be certified as organic chickens.

When it comes to raising chickens that are organic, the process begins from the eggs of organic chickens. Everything needs to be organic from the second day onwards, giving them only… Continue reading

Chicken Coop Designs – Useful Ideas To Help You In Designing Your Personal Hen House

If you’ve got ever considered making your own chicken coop most probably you’re conscious that chicken coop designs are extra complex than meets the eye. This is due to the fact most designs require the exact same amount of planning that a modest home does instead of a straightforward little hutch which might be what you first thought of prior to exploring chicken coop designs in depth.

Thus, you may have left behind the idea of finding chicken coop designs that you may construct and decided that the only method to get a chicken coop would be to buy a… Continue reading