Raising Chickens – Articles Revisited
Raising chickens is a popular activity for small homesteads and even individuals who live in the city. Chickens provide eggs and meat, and they’re also a great way to recycle food scraps into garden fertilizer. Even with a small flock of perhaps five hens, you can gather enough eggs to keep two people in egg [...]
Do You Have What it Takes to Raise Backyard Chickens?
The simple fact that you even find yourself reading this article probably means that you satisfy the first requirement of raising backyard chickens: desire. Obviously, without a strong desire to keep chickens the occasional hassles and burdens of doing so would quickly become overwhelming, leaving you wondering why you ever got started with such a [...]
Can I Keep Chickens in My Backyard?
If you have made the decision that you would like to try your hand at keeping some chickens in your backyard, there are a few considerations that you might want to make first, and although you have probably thought of some of these, there just might be a few that come as a surprise. Let’s [...]
Raising Meal Worms for the Laying Flock (part 3)
Ahh, your intrepid larvae farmer has returned with an update on raising meal worms. We have achieved beetles! As I explained in greater depth in part 1 and part 2, I purchased 250 meal worms. After two weeks they began to pupate. Another 10 days passed and from the pupae emerged beetles. Here is a [...]
Raising Meal Worms for the Laying Flock (part 2)
I am now several weeks into my new venture of raising meal worms for the the laying flock. I picked up 250 “small” meal worms from our local bait shop and brought them home to try out their new container. The container (12″x12″) has an inch or two of bedding which is also their food. [...]
Raising Meal Worms for the Laying Flock (part 1)
I am embarking on a new hobby—raising meal worms. I have free-range chickens and one of the challenges in the frigid winter is the lack of bugs (protein) outside. The chickens have a mash ration available to them, but it is not as good as the summer diet of bugs and greens. From my research [...]
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