Giving chickens your kitchen scraps is the best way to recycle food. Instead of throwing away your vegetable and fruit waste, you can give it to your chickens, and they will give you back healthy and nutritious eggs. Videos
Leaves to Compost in Two Months
In just two months, my chickens have taken a large pile of leaves, and turned them into usable compost, rich with nutrients and organic matter. Since the chickens roost above the compost pile, it is high in nitrogen from their droppings.
How to Make Your Own Compost Using a Composting Chicken Coop
Making your own compost using Chickens is the most amazing recycle process I have ever seen. And you can easily start doing this with four to eight backyard chickens, and a composting chicken coop. I got the inspiration for this composting chicken coop from Geoff Lawton’s videos, Chicken Tractor, and Raising Chickens Without Grains. The…
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Rules for Keeping Chickens Within the City of Lubbock
Sec. 4.07.001 Keeping of other animals; nuisance conditions (a) No person shall engage in keeping livestock within the corporate limits of the city, except in conformance with and only to the extent so permitted by this section and the zoning ordinances of the city. (b) Except as provided by this section, six (6)…
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How To Build A Beautiful A-Frame Chicken Coop
Yes, you can build a cheaper chicken coop than what you see in the picture above. But for this project, I decided to build a functional chicken coop that could also be attractive and a focal point to any backyard. Materials Needed To Build A-Frame Chicken Coop Building Materials 2×4 8′ Rough Cedar (9 pieces)…
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