Although some people raise chickens for meat, to show, or as pets, probably eggs are the first thing people think of when they think of chickens. Breeds Different breeds produce different shell colors of eggs. Inside they’re the same. White eggs come mostly from Leghorns, a breed known to be super egg layers. They can be […]
Chickens
The Economics of Keeping Chickens
Probably the worst reason to get chickens is to make money or save money. I’m certainly not opposed to investments and thinking about things in financial terms – I used to be a personal finance blogger – and I don’t judge people who want to get into chickens for this reason. It’s just that all […]
Your Startup Needs For Chickens
When we decided we wanted to get chickens, my wife and I attended a continuing education class which was an hour and a half overview about getting into chickens. Obviously, this isn’t going to teach you everything you’ll ever need to know about chickens, but it did help us understand the basics and gave us […]
Getting Your First Chickens
It seems that the approach many people follow is to order chicks from a mail-order company, like Murry McMurry Hatchery (non-affiliate link), get a batch of 50 in the mail, then raise the chicks until they have chickens. We haven’t done this yet ourselves, but apparently it’s quite straightforward. The chicks aren’t able to regulate their temperature, […]