Following are a few links and notes from February's Mapleton Ready class on Chickens. Harvesting a seemingly endless supply of fresh eggs from your own backyard is what this workshop was all about.
Most of the information from Mona Ashton’s presentation on how to start and raise chickens is on her website CleanCoops.com. The local Cal Ranch and IFA are also good sources for chicks and equipment. You can also learn and find a lot online. Read about how much fun the family can have raising chicks all the way to harvesting your own great eggs. Learn about low-maintenance coops, that are attractive, too. Learn how to maximizing egg production and keep the bugs down in your garden at the same time.
After this class two years ago, we got our first chickens and started enjoying our own fresh brown eggs with brilliant orange yolks every day. Just a word of warning (or two). Chickens don't respect property lines or fences. They will follow the bugs wherever they go, including your neighbor's yard & garden. If they don't mind their flowerbeds being scratched up by the chickens foraging for bugs & weeds, no problem. However, they don't mind nibbling all the broccoli and strawberries as well. So, be sure you use a coop or some enclosure to keep your neighbors happy.
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