Had some neighbors bring their five grandkids to see our chickens today.
They all loved it, were full of questions, fed the chickens, and walked away with free eggs. Our kids love them too and they learn a lot.
Chickens are great for kids!
Discussion
That's a zap! 🐓
Do you have any pointers for beginners? I plan on doing chickens this year
They're a lot more simple than we thought would be my first tip.
-We are 1 year in. Got a small coop and bought five baby chicks (had them check for hens). We had them under a heat light bulb, with water and feed for a few weeks.
-after a few weeks we moved them outside, still with feed
-5 months in they started laying, we did nothing
-ISA Browns seem to be the best layers and friendliest (one egg a day per chicken)
-we give them some grain feed ($30-50 a month) and kitchen scraps. Have heard of others that give leftovers from garden and litchen scraos without grain
-everything wants to eat them (hawks, owl, foxes) so they free range when we are outside only
-THEY ARE WAY MORE FUN THAN WE THOUGHT. LIKE FRIENDLY, TINY RAPTORS
Awesome, thank you bro