About a year ago our family began raising backyard chickens.
When we started I knew very little about chickens; I had never even touched one.
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Backyard Chickens 101
Should you get Backyard Chickens
Why we got Backyard Chickens?
About a year ago we began our real food quest.
If you are a numbers person like I am here are some numbers for you.
Chicken are fun, easy to keep and raise.
Backyard Chickens Lay Better Tasting Eggs!
Id heard backyard fresh eggs tasted so much better.
But we buy our eggs from a local farm that delivers so I didnt really expect much different.
Boy was I wrong!
The blue green one is from one of our Easter Eggers we raise in our backyard.
Do you see how DARK the yolk is!
The white middle one is from a run of the mill commercial chicken.
Am I Allowed to have Backyard Chickens?
Sounds funny to ask if you are allowed to arent we in America the land of the free?
Well, yes and no.
Some neighboring cities that have problems with coyotes dont allow it unless you have a certain amount of land.
Other cities allow it as long as they are caged (think large run).
So before you get your heart set on chickens check out your city ordinances.
How Long of a Commitment?
you could of course cull (selectively kill) chickens at any point.
There are those that have less space in their run.
Ideally chickens would wander around a farm and eat all the bugs and plants they like.
But most of us dont have that kind of space.
What is the cost of having Backyard Chickens?
Okay, Im sold!
Pick when you want to hatch or bring home your baby chicks.
Also consider when you want them to start laying eggs.
They start laying around 20 weeks so you will want them to start laying.
We use this Breed Selector byMy Pet Chickento help us narrow down our search.
