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Keeping chickens Keeping chickens is rewarding in so many ways. With healthy, well feed chickens come the supply of fresh delicious eggs, enriched compost for the garden, minimized kitchen scraps and the bug population is kept under control. Chooks can scratch and turn over your garden, aerate the soil and help weed under your trees.
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Keeping Your Own HensKeeping a backyard flock of chickens can be a great source of fresh eggs. However, like any animals, hens require care and attention to ensure that they are in good health and produce quality eggs. Most people who wish to start a backyard flock purchase 14–18 week old pullets, but it is possible to purchase end of lay hens from a commercial egg producer (hens who have have completed their commercial egg-laying lifespan).
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What to feed chickens for the best egg laying outputChicken feeding is more than simply putting out some grains for your pullets. If you would like to keep hens that provide you with high quality eggs on a consistent basis you must recognize a few fundamentals about chicken feeding. When chickens first start producing eggs, through the early laying phase, they are still growing and maturing.
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