There are a lot of reasons why
people want to raise their own chickens as well as there are a lot of reasons
not to as well. Here are some points to
consider:
Pros
Low Maintenance
Keeping chickens in your backyard
is quite inexpensive, in comparison to a prized dog or cat, taking care of
chickens is more affordable mainly because they are not very picky with food.
They Have Yield
Another good thing about raising
your own chickens is that they have yield. You can eat them without really
feeling icky about it unless of course you keep them as ‘pets’ and learn to
love them as such. They also lay eggs which you can either eat yourselves or
sell for profit.
They Don’t Need Much Attention
Chickens don’t need much
attention, they don’t require much grooming and you don’t need to bring them
constantly to the vet for vaccinations and shots. Just make sure you feed them daily with food
from your friendly poultry supplies
shop or your leftovers and scrap food and have clean water and you’re good to
go. You also don’t need to clean their coops every day, once a week or once
every other week is enough depending on how many chickens you are currently
handling.
For Pest Control and Your Natural
Fertilizers
Aside from the eggs, your
chicken’s poop are also natural fertilizers, so surely your plants will grow
healthy with chickens around, plus they are natural pest handlers. Roaming freely they spot worms, bugs and insects
and eats them promptly, lessening your insect problems.
Cons
If there are pros then there will
be also be cons, here are a few
Not guard dogs
Yes, chickens can cluck and coo
but they are really not guard dogs so they won’t tend to bite a stranger or
anyone who looks suspicious.
Chickens can be messy
They are not trainable so to
speak so they will go wherever they want and poop wherever they want as well,
so you might want to take a second look if you don’t like to clean.
All for One, One for all
Generally this is how to describe
a coop of chickens, so if one gets sick, everyone get sick as well. So if one
chicken gets infected with a flu for example, every chicken in the coop will
have the same flu.
In the end raising chickens is your decision. Whether you
choose to raise them yourselves or choose to buy your chickens and eggs in the
grocery is up to you, but if you do decide to care for them, make sure you know
everything you need in order to care for them properly. Contacting your local poultry supplies store
can also help you determine if you can care for your chickens or not.
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