Green Chickens

Want to go green and have something good to eat? Back yard chickens are becoming very popular again. Raising your own chickens means you know exactly what goes into them so you can control the quality of the eggs coming out.

When you use the eggs, don’t throw away the eggshells, dry them out and crush them and feed them back to the chickens. This helps them to keep producing enough calcium to create more eggshell. Have some food left over from dinner? Within reason, you can feed your leftovers to your chickens. They enjoy fruits and grains and even some meat though in lower quantity.

If you let your chickens free range your property, you will also be able to help keep the bugs at bay. Wouldn’t it be nice to have fewer bugs on your property without spraying pesticides all over everything? If you grow a garden, you can also use the chicken’s droppings to fertilize your garden, it is high in nitrogen and your plants will love you for it. Basically you can start your own recycling system and be all the healthier for it.

Home raised chickens tend to produce eggs that are much higher in Omega 3 fatty acids than store bought chicken eggs which are much higher in Omega 6. Most people’s diets are too high in omega six and too low in omega three. This will be your chance to turn those figures around.

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