GSRetrievers
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the chickens have to eat too.My chickens take care of that all by themselves.
the chickens have to eat too.My chickens take care of that all by themselves.
They provide everything.the chickens have to eat too.
They love collard leaves and corn cobs too.When I was a kid we bought chicken feed for winters but summer we let the chickens out for the day.They eat grass,bugs,grasshoppers and most anything on the ground.They also roamed in the garden where we had a horrible grasshopper problem.After the chickens learned to eat the extra large grasshoppers we had very little problems with them.The chickens saw to that.
They eat anything.They love collard leaves and corn cobs too.
We found out that the hard way!After losing all our young greens in a single day we put chicken wire around the veggies they liked.Corn too!They love collard leaves and corn cobs too.
And way better for you than store bought eggsThey eat anything.
I the past I made the mistake of keeping just one rooster. I realized I had made a serious mistake when it vanished one day never to be seen again. I now keep several, they add some color to the yard, I have four, and 18 chickens. This year I will be storing eggs in lime water, that said they are laying even at this time of the year. I cooked eight just this morning. The yellowest eggs you have ever seen.
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the chickens have to eat too.
They are to an extent.But, they're self sufficient.
We haven't completed our fencing and coop yet, so haven't got our birds. I did some research and picked our breed for, it's cold capabilities (zero and below), egg production, meat production, foraging capabilities, and a natural brooder. While they may not be #1 in any one category……they check the boxes in all!
We will let ours free-range whenever possible….will be housed at night! memtb
When we used to raise them for meat birds, we just kept the light hours extended in the winter to keep the layers laying and supplemented feed to reach target weight faster. In the summer they scavenged well, poultry are dirty animals when you think about it.But, they're self sufficient.
We haven't completed our fencing and coop yet, so haven't got our birds. I did some research and picked our breed for, it's cold capabilities (zero and below), egg production, meat production, foraging capabilities, and a natural brooder. While they may not be #1 in any one category……they check the boxes in all!
I put an 8' chain link fence around the perimeter, with about 1 foot buried in the ground. This should help stop predators from going under…..a solar powered electric fence will be around the top.
Eagles, hawks, ect. will be our only real problem. After the SHTF…..hawks/eagles will be turned into gumbo!
We will let ours free-range whenever possible….will be housed at night! memtb
I have found Miniature Old English Game bantams to be the most useful. They are tiny, but they do everything, incubators and electricity are not needed. You need to keep more of them because of their small size.But, they're self sufficient.
We haven't completed our fencing and coop yet, so haven't got our birds. I did some research and picked our breed for, it's cold capabilities (zero and below), egg production, meat production, foraging capabilities, and a natural brooder. While they may not be #1 in any one category……they check the boxes in all!
We will let ours free-range whenever possible….will be housed at night! memtb