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Game-changing tips for raising chickens—What you must know to raise chickens

Does the price of store-bought eggs have you thinking about raising chickens? Looking for tips on how to own chickens and have your own supply of chicken eggs? Want to raise your own flock of chickens? Let me share some tips—some I learned the hard way, and others I got from other homesteaders who raise…

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Raising chickens: My feathered girls and the occasional boy

Getting started raising chickens We’ve raised chickens several times. The first time was when we moved into our house in the 1980s, and since it came with a chicken coop, my husband ordered 24 layers and 24 broilers.  That started our on-again-off-again journey into raising chickens. Talk about trial by fire… After quite a hiatus,…