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Raising Organic, Free-Range Chickens

Information, links & literature
to raise your own flock of healthy chickens
in your back yard or on the farm!


Chickens are the first choice of livestock for a cottage farmer, due to the low cost of start up.  Raising chicks from a day or 2 old is a fun project, with a quick return on your investment.  Pullets (young hens) will begin laying eggs for you at about 5 months of age.  Extra cockerels (roosters) can be butchered before that time for the best chicken you have ever tasted.

WHERE TO GET CHICKS OR CHICKENS:



CHOOSING A BREED OR BREEDS: 




Listed on these pages are links to websites, books, magazines and discussion groups pertaining to chickens, rare breeds, organic and/or free range methods, and include a number of recipes for mixing your own organic chicken feed or rations, as well as how to butcher chickens.  We have also compiled a list of companies producing pre-mixed organic chicken feeds.  Visit us at our discussion group below!