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Glad to hear so many of you are keeping chickens. We have been doing it for 3 years and love it. The feed is expensive becuase we buy organic, but you can't buy a better egg. Even free range organic eggs are from hens that dont usually have an unlimited amount of green grass/weeds and bugs to eat, because there are too many of them kept in one place.
I would recommend feeding them some kelp meal also, which is good for their health and increases the mineral levels in the yolk for your nutrition. We also feed them a little azomite.
What breeds do people have? we have new hampshire reds and jersey giants. We like the size of the jersey giant as a meat bird, but have not been able to kill any yet.
We now have a broody hen who is sitting on 8 eggs. Wish us luck!
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