Before the chicken OR the egg ... YOU NEED A COOP!
 
 
   
     
 
  • Squabs - What you’d want to know about squabs before starting your new squab raising project.
  • Feathered Friends - Bantam chickens are fun to raise! Information on getting started, hatching chicks, care and feeding.
  • Free Chickens! - Collecting unwanted culled chicks from the local hatchery and raising them.
  • Fowl Words: The Nitty Gritty of Fowl Language - Cindy joins the GRIT blogger chicken frenzy in word if not not in deed.
  • Chicken Tales - Each experience raising chickens proves to be different from past experiences.
  • Feathers to Flowers - Making biodegradable flowerpots is just one way to recycle discarded chicken feathers, according to the Agricultural Research Service.
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  Processing Broiler Chickens

Eight people gathered at GRIT Editor Hank Will’s Osage County farm to process broiler chickens. From kill cones to coolers, GRIT and MOTHER EARTH NEWS staff, advertising staff, and spouse and offspring took ownership of the entire process, and it was a great success.

Processing Broiler Chickens ...

  What I’ve Learned Through the Community Chickens Project

We’ve completed the Community Chickens projects for 2009. It’s been a great experience to test incubators, feed and equipment. We’ve had fun hatching a variety of eggs and raising all sorts of poultry. Here’s a summary of some things we’ve learned through the project.

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  Raising Chickens: Feeling A Little Chicken

GRIT Blogger S.M.R. Saia has convinced her husband to allow some backyard chickens. Now she has cold feet as she researches and tries to ensure success with her birds. While she feels nervous about raising chickens, she’s prepared to march onward.

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  Chicken Processing at Home Reinforces Feelings for Processing Meat Myself

This past Sunday, I took part in a group chicken processing project as part of our Community Chickens venture, and it was a fulfilling experience processing meat that I won’t soon forget, even after I cook and eat the birds I brought home.

Why was it memorable? ...

 
 
 
     
 
 
  Keeping Chickens

This is a solid, practical, everything-you-need-to-know guide to keeping chickens for people who are as interested in them as pets as they are in eggs and other poultry produce.

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  Raising Chickens

Everything you need to know to raise one chicken or 100. You'll learn how to choose the right breed, care for chicks and build feeders and shelters.

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So, what breeds of heritage chickens do you raise, Mr. Reese, and why did you choose them?
 
 

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