Are Chickens the Perfect Pet for the Whole Family?
Are Chickens the Perfect Pet for the Whole Family
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Whilst pets are wonderful to have they do have their problems. Dogs will bark of the neighbours, some pets can be very expensive and veterinary bills can be very expensive and what do you do with your cat when you want to go away for a week's holiday?
The perfect pet for a family may well be chickens. Chickens don't bark at the neighbours, they aren't expensive, they rarely get sick and if you work it right it's not a problem having chickens when you go on holidays.
And as well chickens are productive. They will provide your fridge with wonderful free range eggs from which you can cater to the family with healthy tasty food like fresh omelettes. There's good reasons why you could consider that chickens are the perfect family pet.
Sadly you can't quite put one of your chickens on your lap at night when you're sitting on the couch, but even so adults and children love chickens. I know our children love theirs.
But like other pets you do need to understand a bit more about keeping chickens before you buy some. You will need to provide them with somewhere to live, called a chicken coop, or sometimes a hen house, or chicken house. You can buy one or perhaps the cheapest way is to build one.
The chickens will sleep in the coop at night but generally are allowed out of the coop during the day, in many cases to run free around your garden. If they do this they will clean up many of the nasty bugs in your garden, though they may scratch the soil and peck at your flowers as they do.
If you have tomatoes planted you do need to protect them as they love to peck ripe tomatoes.
And if some pecking of your tomatoes is unacceptable then you merely build a chicken run around the coop and allow them to roam throughout their run.
It's important to learn a little more about feeding chickens as they require certain minimum levels of calcium and protein to lay eggs regularly, so you will need to source high protein foods and shell grit to add the protein and calcium to their feed. You will also need to find good appliances for water and food.
And going on holidays isn't a problem. We can comfortably go away for one to 2 weeks after we have left our chickens with sufficient food and water.
So start learning about keeping chickens, and in particular about housing and feeding them and head out there and buy your first chicken. I absolutely guarantee that your children will love you for providing you with their chickens and you'll probably love it yourself.
And then you're on your way to a lifetime of healthy free range eggs delivered to you by some happy healthy hens.
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