Thursday, November 3, 2011

Education


I just picked up this book (or is it a magazine?). It's from the editors of Hobby Farms® Magazine. If you're just starting out with chickens - whether it be an entire flock, or just two hens - it's a very good read. There are a couple of good articles on heritage breeds (sorry no info on hybrids, which is what the hens we have are - Gingernut Rangers).

I guess I'd call it a good primer on getting into the chicken world - whether it be for a business, or just for pets. It was well worth the $10 I spent on it.

There's a wealth of information on chicken keeping on the web. Heck, there's a wealth of information on pretty much everything on the web. The main thing is to do a lot of reading of blogs, articles, basically most everything you can find. I think you'll find there is good information as well as bad. You have to kind of sift through it yourself.

Our goal is to build a small farm and have it be sustainable. In other words, raise most of our own food. We want to live totally off-grid. It means we'll have to get away from town, and find some land that is farmable, but with enough woods to have timber for building, wood heat, and maybe even making maple syrup.

By next Summer we'd like to have at least 25 laying chickens, and maybe 50 - 100 broilers to sell, as well as a few beehives.

I'll keep you posted.

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