What Type of Chickens To Have on The Farm
Now that your coop is built the next question would be what type of chickens would you need (or want) to include in your organic free-range chicken farm.
Rhode Island Reds - Perfect Eggs Everytime
For our farm we decided to get Rhode Island Reds. The eggs from these birds last longer as well we discovered that the shells are a bit stronger and can take much more abuse. Then again we also discovered that what you feed a chicken also helps in the creation of its egg. But that is for another post.
We were actually fortunate enough to find a farmer growing free-range birds only 30 miles from our home. We were adamant that the birds be free-range and organically fed becuase we wanted only pure, country style eggs.
Thankfully the farmer who sold us the birds also had trimmed their wings prior to us picking them up. Trimming a chickens wings is important as it keeps them from flying up or attempting to fly.
So we get our birds home and as soon as we had them out of the crate they were off inspecting their new home. It was truly amazing to wathc as they took to this new home like they had lived there their entire lives.
The pecked around a bit, managed to find their way intot the coop and started to walk the yard. After a small feeding we left them alone to discover their new surroundings.
The Next Morning
Early to rise! The next morning I went out to feed and water my new birds – lo and behold – 2 EGGS! I was ecstatic. Almost as good as Christmas, having those two eggs sitting there re-assured me that this was going to be the best opportunity for fresh produce and better for my health.
I called my partner and she came right over – we enjoyed those eggs with a little toast – we call it “Toad In The Hole” – you can find it in our recipes section!
Till Next Week!
November 25th, 2009 at 4:46 am
I am definitely going to think about starting my own little chicken brood. I have a little land and we really don’t do anything with it – I think a small chicken coop with a couple of chickens like yours seems like a great opportunity! Thanks for a great post and look forward to reading about your next chickens!
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