Why Raise Chickens In Your Backyard? The Many Reasons & Benefits

There are many reasons to raise chickens in your backyard, but here are a few of the most frequently expressed reasons people raise chickens:

Chickens are easy, inexpensive pets when compared to most other pets.

• 1 Bag of Layer feed lasts a month for many backyard flocks
• They mature much quicker than most other pets
• No housebreaking required 

Hens will produce eggs that are fresh and nutritious, not to mention great tasting. Backyard eggs are also much healthier than their store bought counterparts. 

Backyard eggs contain:

• 1/3 the Cholesterol of store bought eggs 
• 2/3 more vitamin A
• 1/4 less saturated fat
• 2 times the amount of Omega 3 fatty acids
• 3 times the amount of Vitamin E
• 7 times more Beta Carotene  

They make excellent chemical free pest and weed control​​

• Chickens will gobble up those pesky garden snails and slugs
• They'll even go after crickets and grass hoppers 
• Hate pulling weeds? Chickens would love to help you out with that
• Own an orchard? Chickens will devour the fallen fruit before it can cause any issues 

Chickens: The world's best and friendliest fertilizer 

• Chicken manure has great levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
• Chicken manure is more economically valuable than synthetic fertilizers
• Chicken manure can make great fertilizer tea  

Chickens: The perfect backyard pet

• Chickens can be very affectionate pets
• Kids love to be around them
• They make great 4-H Projects 
• They can even be indoor pets! 

Want even more excellent reasons to add chickens to your life?

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