Raising Chickens

Everything you need to know about raising chickens

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A #chickencoop must be well ventilated, yet does not provide easy access for predatory animals such as dogs, foxes and wolves.

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A #freerange or #organicmeat #chicken will usually be slaughtered at about 14 weeks of age.

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#Chickens will naturally live for 6 or more years, but broiler chickens typically take less than 6 weeks to reach slaughter size.

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#Chickens farmed for meat are called #broilerchickens.

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Never feed chickens (or any other bird) avocado. Avocados (their peelings, the fruit itself, and the seeds) are POISONOUS TO BIRDS.

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Laying hens require calcium for egg shells. During the laying season, put a pile or box of crushed clam shells in their pen.

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In nature #chickens are the garbage cleaners of the south east Asian jungle. There is very little that they won't eat.

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You can feed #yourchickens in a trough, appropriate sized container, or by scattering the food on the ground.

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For everyday food you can feed your chickens either chicken food (found at feed stores) or pig food.

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Keeping your #chickens happy is very easy to do. If you have a big enough pen then you will already have very #happychickens.

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Just hatchedchicks need warmth, drink, food, and comfort.

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Before hatching, the hen can hear the chicks peeping inside the eggs, and will gently cluck to stimulate them to break out of their shells

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At the end of the incubation period (about 21 days), the eggs, if fertile, will hatch.

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Modern egg-laying #breeds rarely go broody, and those that do often stop part-way through the incubation.

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To stop brooding, the owner may place the hen in an elevated cage with an open wire floor.

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To stimulate #broodiness, an owner may place many #artificial #eggs in the nest.