Raising Chickens in Your Backyard

Although each individual have their own particular reasons for having any particular kind of pet, we would like to provide some reasons why raising chickens in your backyard is equally not only rewarding in terms of meat and eggs but also environment-friendly.

Cost Effective: Chickens are a lot cheaper to keep as pets than other animals. Chicken feed is not as expensive as dog food or cat food and they can also eat table scraps. In fact, they eat almost anything and are acknowledged as a recycling dynamo!

Healthy and Delicious: Chickens produce nutritious eggs which are far healthier than those you can buy from supermarket shelves. If your chickens free-range, their eggs have naturally higher Omega-3 fatty acids and Vitamin E with lower cholesterol. Meat from home-grown / home-bred chickens is also healthier.

Relatively Maintenance-Free: Chickens barely need maintenance aside from occasional feeding and watering on a daily basis. Cleaning the coops can be weekly or twice a month depending on the number of chickens you have in your flock. They define low maintenance!

Natural Pest Control Agent:Chickens love to eat bugs, mosquitoes, ticks, slugs and other insects. As such they are a natural pest control agent that is 100% chemical-free!

Chemical Free Natural Fertilizer: With your chickens, you have an unlimited source of organic and natural fertilizer of the highest grade! Chicken droppings are the best fertilizers in the world – all you need to do is put them in a compost hear and you have the best organic fertilizer available for your plants after a few months.

Distinctive and Cool:Having chickens as pets is a unique hobby not to mention cool – especially for children. The various types of domestic chickens with their varying plumage and distinctive features make them standout aside from their naturally multi-colored eggs which are just as tasty as the normal ones.

Backyard Chicken Coop
A guide on building your own coop.