Learn How To Raise Your Own Chickens
How to Build a Chicken Coop – Tips For a Successful Home Made Chicken Coop
Have you joined the “chicken underground” as you look for ways on how to build a chicken coop?
If you’re interested in raising chickens in your backyard – in the city, you’re not alone. The “urban chicken movement” is gaining ground in major cities across the U.S. with the goal of allowing city residents to keep a number of chickens in their backyards.
Proponents of this movement say that it’s a part of the “back to earth” movement that’s been gaining popularity as the country goes “green.”
Fresh eggs are a definite benefit of this movement.
If you want to… Continue reading
Building a Chicken Coop – 3 Essential Tips For a Successful Chicken Coop
Building a chicken coop can be a very rewarding experience as the healthy chickens you raise will produce fresh eggs all year round. However, this can also be a daunting task as a single mistake can result in a mediocre coop or worse, unhealthy chickens. Before embarking on this project, it is important to be well prepared in advance so here are 3 essential tips to get you started.
1. Get a building plan ready
One of the biggest factors to your success is whether you have a building plan or not. Not only will the building plan help guide… Continue reading
How Farming Needs the Internet : chicken farm
As rural high speed broadband continues to expand to more and more farms, some farmers are surprised that their counterparts are not jumping on the bandwagon. This is because those who have signed up for fast service now cannot imagine their lives without it. In fact, there seem to be a lot of farmers who are somewhat ho-hum about high speed broadband. Many blame dial up for the slow conversion to broadband. Some say that the slow connections used through dial up masks the benefits of higher connection speeds. These experts say that because broadband… Continue reading
Dairy farming a profit earning enterprise part1 : chicken farming
Dairy farming a profitable enterprise. By Ghulam.Mohyuddin wani BVC&AH,MVSC,PhD,DVM,ARS EMAIL fastwani@yahoo.com Agricultural growth has been showing a decline. Per hectare productivity gains have registered a decrease inspire of more and more nutrients available as fertilizers & fortification soil fertility has decreased. A total agricultural productivity fatigues has been estimated in the past few decades. The soil salinity, low water tables and environmental degradation is acute problems facing agriculture in general & agricultural research has become as point of criticism in India we may like to review the situation in these pages, in about five questions as follows. Q.No.1. has the… Continue reading
Build a Proper Chicken Coop – Easy Tips and Techniques : chickens eggs
Raising chickens in the backyard has become the most popular mini business. People are more inclined to have fresh organic eggs right from their own backyard chicken coop instead of buying the stale eggs from shops and markets. Using the easy tips and techniques and implementing them to your hen coop will make your chicken coop an eye-pleasing and a perfect safety for your chickens.
Make a safe-built chicken coop
Your chickens need protection not only from the predators, but also from the extreme weather conditions in the surrounding. The natural elements like rain, snow and summer heat are marring… Continue reading
So You Want to Build a DIY Chicken Coop?
A DIY chicken coop is a great way to save money and create the exact enclosure that you require. The skills needed are not as involved as you may think. It’s important to know what you intend to build, and why; are the chickens going to be only for your own use, or will you be selling chickens and eggs to others? Do you have a large property on which to put the coop, or is your space limited? How much do you want to spend? These questions will help you determine what kind of coop you will need.
If… Continue reading
Building a Simple Backyard Chicken Coop
The first step to keeping chicken in your back yard, whether you want them from the eggs or just for the amusement of having chicken is to construct a sturdy and safe coop in your backyard. This doesn’t necessarily have to be en elaborate structure, but there are a few things you must keep in mind. Actual construction is a relatively straightforward task; you can get the structure ready over one weekend only if it has been planned out from top to bottom. However, you will realize that the fencing which is for the chicken run must go in later… Continue reading