My dad grew up on a farm so he had a lot of knowledge to pass onto us. Luckily my brothers and I still live with him so we get to pass around lots of new knowledge.
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I worked on & managed chicken farms for 5 years. The 1st half of that time was on a egg farm. (Not caged or NEVER would have taken the job) & the other half was on a broiler farm. In hindsight.....absolutely not a job for a animal lover that becomes very easily attached So..the egg farm wasn't bad. We would let the girls out every morning into the big green paddocks. They were happy. Plus, they got extra love from me My Mum had chooks. Never understood it until the egg farm. So thankyou Pretty sure that's were my love of them came from. Broiler farm. Much cleaner BUT we only had them for 7 weeks max & then the trucks would come to take them away just in time for me to have already picked my favourites (& named them)Chickens really are the simplest and most rewarding animals to rear. From eggs to free therapy to learning about self-sustainability, there are a variety of reasons to keep your own backyard chickens. Whatever the reason, we would like to find out: How Did You Get Into Chickens?
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Everything is cuter when it's small.We ( mostly my mother ) had chickens from time to time when I was a child.
Many years later I started keeping chickens after a small prefab coop that belonged to 2 rabbits got empty (died of old age). The coop was so small that I only could keep bantams in it. I did read a little about different breeds and some basics in keeping chickens.
After some problems I started to do more research on illnesses , health care , feed, space requirements, etc. I really loved my 4 tiny dinosaurs.
Gradually the coop and run extended and the numbers increased. Now I have 7 sweat naughty bantams.
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