Learn How To Raise Your Own Chickens
Chicken Breeds Used As Pets
We see chickens as sources of food, they provide us with eggs and meat and thats how we see them. But then they can also be good companions for us, a good way to learn responsibility and how to care for an animal. Having chickens as pets is becoming very popular these days and if you are considering to start having one, you can choose from the list below of breeds that are most commonly used by chicken owners.
Jersey Giant
This breed is huge and is a good egg layer. They are tame which makes them good to have… Continue reading
Chicken Tractor Designs For Backyard Poultry Farming
Making a chicken tractor is a lot easier when you have a good set of chicken tractor designs for guidance. Most people out of sheer desperation end up purchasing ready-made chicken tractor which cost anywhere between 500 to 1000 dollars and which require them to be assembled anyways. A tractor is a fairly easy to make construction and can be stood up in the space a few hours and all the materials that you will require is some lumber and chicken wire.
If you are not aware of what a chicken tractor is then it is a small mobile chicken… Continue reading
Chicken Coop
Fancy a fresh egg every single morning?
Keep chickens as a fun and interesting hobby and you’d have a fresh supply of eggs in your back garden. Build your own Chicken Coop, pick your birds and enjoy boiled eggs for brekkie every single day of the week.
If you thinking about keeping chickens you’ll want to provide them with a comfortable home and a large Chicken Coop will provide luxury accommodation for between 4 – 8 birds in total. Coops are available to buy through pet supply stores that sell cat baskets and a Dog Bed.
Before you rush out… Continue reading
How Many Eggs Does a Chicken Lay?
Eggs are great sources of protein, and when raised organically can be lower in cholesterol than regular eggs available. Many people are choosing to raise flocks for this reason, but few stop to ask, “How many eggs does a chicken lay?” The answer is simple: chickens never lay more than one egg a day. However, the process is constant and miraculous, and one worth knowing about!
How an egg is formed is miraculous, especially considering that chickens are able to lay so many with only one ovary and one oviduct (most animals have two). With this in mind, it’s important… Continue reading
Equip Your Coop With Chicken Laying Boxes : laying chickens
This may surprise you, but chickens behave a lot like humans. As humans, we like to compartmentalize our life. We prefer to eat in one place, sleep in another, and play in another. Chickens prefer the same type of atmosphere, and also prefer clean living spaces. Remember this when you are constructing your chicken laying boxes.
Laying, or nesting boxes are where your hens will deposit their eggs. In the wild, hens like to have a lot of padding, and a clean, dry place to lay, so you should strive for this when constructing your boxes for your hens. Hens… Continue reading
Chicken Breeds for Chicken Runs and Coops
In this chicken runs and coops article I would like to share some observations I made on the different varieties of hens I keep in my chicken runs and coops. They all have unique traits within their separate varieties.
Observation was done over a period of a week in the morning, noon, and evening. I observed the hens for about one hour each observation period to check for temperaments to see if they were friendly, skittish, noisy, aggressive, or docile. And in the evening observation I made sure to concentrate on the hen house coop area as well as the… Continue reading
Build a Chicken House
Want to build a chicken house for your chickens but you don’t know how to do this? Well…Basically you’ve got 2 ways to do this. You either let a certified company build a chicken coop for your chickens, or you will actually do it all by yourself.
Build a chicken house by a certified company?
What you could do is that you let a company build a chicken coop for you. Although, this may sound like a great option, and it is… But it’s also very expensive.
You see, when you do this, you don’t have to pay only for… Continue reading