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What is backyard chicken ? Backyard chicken are those chicken which you can raise at the back of your house or on a free range, these categories of chicken are, Local hen, cockerels and noillers, these kind of chicken are stronger and can adapts to any weather in your local environment.
Why Raising these kind of Chickens?
1.They are easy and inexpensive to maintain (when compared to most other foreign chickens.
2. They produce fresh eggs, greats tasting and nutritious.
3. Chemicals free bug and weed control.
4. Manufacture the worlds best fertilizer .
5. Fun & friendly pets with personality
Search our database of local chicken laws & ordinances
Double check your local city / town ordinances and homeowner's association.
To begin backyard chicken you must make sure you have a good relationship with your neighbors .
Where To Get Baby Chicks & Chickens:
Local Feed Stores often carry a variety of day old chicks.
You can get you baby chicks, and chickens from the local market around your area you can also get from those who are already into backyard chicken.
How to feed backyard chicken.
Your backyard chicken eat all kids of foods, they eat home left over, they feed on grass and weeds , they feed on all kids of grains, e.g. maize millet and co. You also buy poultry feed for them to eat.
The amazing side of backyard chicken is that , you don't need any artificial incubator to hatch their eggs, the mother hen do the hatching itself. This means you need to spent money on taking your eggs for hatchery.
How to care for backyard chicks started from first day to 60 Days:
You'll need a chick brooders. A chicks brooders is a house where you can raise the chicks.
First thing to thing of is the,
1. Flooring - Pine shavings & corn cob bedding are best. Stay clear of newspaper since it doesn't absorb well and can be slippery.
2. Temperature - 90 to 100 deg. for the first week, decrease 5 deg. per week.
3 Play time - Play with your chicks when young to get the use to being around people.
Chicken Care After First 60 Days, General Chicken Care:
Once feathered out you'll want to move your chickens into a chicken coop! Rule of thumb is about 2-3 square feet per chicken inside the henhouse and 4-5 sq/ft per chicken in an outside run. Keep local chicken predators in mind and make a safe home for your flock!
Flooring - Pine shavings work best. You can even try the deep litter method for even less maintenance.
Food & Water - Most people go with formulated chicken layer feed / pellets. You can even make a homemade chicken feeder / waterer
Treats - Vegetables, bread, bugs, chicken scratch (cracked corn, milo, wheat.
Now that you chicks is ready, What next ?
Now that you've skimmed the basics you might be ready to do a deeper dive into learning more about raising backyard chickens. We suggest the following:
Visit our post on this blog, HOW TO BEGIN YOU OWN CHICKEN BUSINESS.
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