Posted on Feb 20, 2023
6 things to know before deciding to raise backyard chickens
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Anyone on RP keep chickens?
If you have ever lived with a dog, you know what taking care of a high-maintenance creature is. Keeping a flock in your backyard is not like that.
Financially speaking, the biggest investment you’ll make is setting up the coop and chicken run. Depending on the size of your flock and the aesthetics you want to go for, buying a coop can cost anywhere between $150 and thousands of dollars. But you can buy a house for your chickens second-hand, upgrade an existing building or shed, or build one from scratch—just make sure you meet all the requirements for a healthy environment for your birds. If you opt for the DIY option, you can design your own to fit your needs and space or follow one of the myriad plans available online.
“Chicken upkeep doesn’t take much time at all,” says Lisa Steele, author of The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook and fifth-generation chicken keeper.
If you have ever lived with a dog, you know what taking care of a high-maintenance creature is. Keeping a flock in your backyard is not like that.
Financially speaking, the biggest investment you’ll make is setting up the coop and chicken run. Depending on the size of your flock and the aesthetics you want to go for, buying a coop can cost anywhere between $150 and thousands of dollars. But you can buy a house for your chickens second-hand, upgrade an existing building or shed, or build one from scratch—just make sure you meet all the requirements for a healthy environment for your birds. If you opt for the DIY option, you can design your own to fit your needs and space or follow one of the myriad plans available online.
“Chicken upkeep doesn’t take much time at all,” says Lisa Steele, author of The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook and fifth-generation chicken keeper.
6 things to know before deciding to raise backyard chickens
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We had a place in Dahlonega that I bought when #2 son was at Univ of North GA. When he graduated we used it for vacations. One of the neighbors had free range chickens. It was the danged rooster that would crow at inopportune times that I didn’t care for. Thankfully, my subdivision doesn’t allow raising chickens.
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CPO David R. D.
Maj Robert Thornton I served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints form 1984 to 1986. I served in Gainesville from May to November of '85, and we use to frequent Dahlonega since we had missionaries there as well. We always enjoyed going to Dahlonega, it was a cool little town.
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Maj Robert Thornton
CPO David R. D. I will be there today to pick some things up. I live in Dawsonville, just southwest of Dahlonega.
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PFC Edgar Mosier
You should have bought that rooster, if he kept going off, as you...
Ok, I am joking and sorry that any "bird" ever messes with folk around them.
Sorry, couldn't resist the pun!
Ok, I am joking and sorry that any "bird" ever messes with folk around them.
Sorry, couldn't resist the pun!
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I don't need to. My next door neighbors have them, and they get into my yard... ;-)
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COL Randall C.
On a unrelated topic, how's that class on, "the easy way to process and butcher chicken" coming?
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SPC Michael Terrell
COL Randall C. - Here are the Cilff Notes:
1:Grab the bird by the neck.
2: Swing it in a circle above your head.
3: Use a hatchet to chop off the head .
4: Let the bird wander around as the blood spout out of the neck.
5: Drop it into boiling water
6: Pluck the feathers.
7: Gut it, bread it and cook it in whatever way you prefer.
8: Wash the feathers to fill pillows or fill quilts for those long, cold nights when the wood stove goes out and you can't pry the frozen firewood off the ground.
1:Grab the bird by the neck.
2: Swing it in a circle above your head.
3: Use a hatchet to chop off the head .
4: Let the bird wander around as the blood spout out of the neck.
5: Drop it into boiling water
6: Pluck the feathers.
7: Gut it, bread it and cook it in whatever way you prefer.
8: Wash the feathers to fill pillows or fill quilts for those long, cold nights when the wood stove goes out and you can't pry the frozen firewood off the ground.
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We've raised them before, both "free range" and couped.
Lt Col Charlie Brown Wanna guess which eggs tasted best? Yep, those free range eggs, prolly cuz we had to actually work as hard to find them as the hens did to hide them!
Lt Col Charlie Brown Wanna guess which eggs tasted best? Yep, those free range eggs, prolly cuz we had to actually work as hard to find them as the hens did to hide them!
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PFC Edgar Mosier
PSA Short: Time for Timer - "You Are What You Eat" (1970s-1080p)
Here we have the ABC Public Service Announcement cartoon short called Time for Timer. This episode, "You Are What You Eat", covers food nutrients and how the...
SPC Michael Terrell - Ah, yes, a smorgasbord to prove what they taught us in 1970s classes: "You are what you eat."
Tine For Timer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EHEvssnMYE
Tine For Timer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EHEvssnMYE
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SPC Michael Terrell
PFC Edgar Mosier - Those were after my time in school. I was in the Army, and trying to figure out what the burnt things were, on my tray at the mess hall. :(
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