Learn How To Raise Your Own Chickens
Chicken Coop Plans – Costs For Supplies For The Chickens : chicken coop plans
For those who are contemplating raising chickens at home, one of the first things that they think about is how much will this project cost. It can seem like it will involve a huge amount of upfront money to purchase the chickens and the supplies that they need to live and grow.
Some of the basic supplies that one will need are items such as the chickens, bedding materials, a feeder, water and feed.
These items are not that expensive and one can probably purchase these items for less than $ 100.00 total. The high price supply item is the… Continue reading
How to Hatch Your Own Chickens
Hatching chickens yourself is actually much easier than many people think. Apart from saving yourself the expense of buying chickens, you get to witness first hand the wonder of eggs hatching into chicks and observe then develop into fully grown chickens. There are essentially two methods of hatching chickens.
The artificial method involves putting the eggs into an incubator. You need to ensure that your incubator is producing a steady temperature. You need to ensure some humidity within the incubator by putting a cup of water inside. The humidity needs to be increased for the last few days just prior… Continue reading
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
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
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
Advantages of Laying Wooden Flooring : laying chickens
The ways you can go about decorating your house are enormously varied in number but it is often too easy to forget the floor. There are myriad ways you can do the floor but consider the possibilities of natural materials. Wood in particular offers a lot of variety in how it looks, as the color range goes from white to black and every variation of cream through dark brown in between. This means that, regardless of how you intend to decorate the rest of the room, you can find a color of wood that will suit what you want to… Continue reading
Raising Chickens in the Summer and Winter : chickens eggs
Even though it seems like chickens are fragile creatures, they have certain characteristics that can let them survive through whatever weather may come. But you have to take note that not all chickens are alike. While some can withstand winters, others preferred to sun bathe during summer sunshine. It will all depend on the weather that you have when you decide to purchase the right kind of chicken so as not to waste money and time raising them and just have them end up in a chicken graveyard.
In the winter it is important not to overheat your chickens.… Continue reading