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Backyard chickens: feed

Posted on November 2, 2014 by pollygoldman

When we first got chickens we fed them mostly with purchased organic feed (we started with Modesto Milling, and later moved to Scratch and Peck, which the chickens love), supplemented with kitchen scraps and whatever bugs and plants they could … Continue reading →

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Backyard chickens: the birds

Posted on October 5, 2014 by pollygoldman

We got our first batch of chicks, back in 2011, from a local feed store, selecting a variety of standard-size laying breeds plus one Bantam hen. At the same time, a friend gave us 8 Cornish Cross chicks, which are … Continue reading →

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Backyard chickens: coop

Posted on October 3, 2014 by pollygoldman

Before we got a flock of chickens we needed housing for them.  We have a bandsaw mill and lots of trees that needed thinning at our remote land up in the Sierra, so we went up there to get the … Continue reading →

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