| There is so much pleasure and entertainment to be | | | | and a chicken that is not 100% healthy or happy will |
| had by raising laying chickens. You may live in town | | | | not produce their best eggs. |
| but you really can bring an element of the country to | | | | It has taken some time, but we are now beginning |
| your life by raising happy healthy chickens. This is a | | | | to realise that sacrificing quantity for quality is not the |
| lot easier than you might think and the fun and | | | | answer and it is far easier to raise poultry than you |
| excitement value alone makes it more than worth | | | | might think, hence the huge renewed interest in |
| any effort involved. | | | | keeping chickens worldwide. |
| Not only can your poultry provide a fun educational | | | | Hens are simple creatures and their needs are few, |
| experience but he free range eggs that they | | | | so to be able to keep them is not difficult providing |
| produce will not only benefit you taste wise but | | | | you do a little research first and surely the more |
| nutritionally too. Organic eggs have been shown to | | | | information you are in possession of, the better |
| contain one third less cholesterol, one quarter less | | | | equipped you are to make the right choices, which |
| saturated fat and two thirds more vitamin A than | | | | will ultimately make it easier for you in the long term. |
| caged hen's eggs. | | | | Surprisingly, you may find that you do not need a |
| There is an amazing amount of useful information | | | | vast amount of backyard space to be able to more |
| available at the touch of a button that once upon a | | | | than cater for your chickens needs. As long as their |
| time just was not able to be shared; experience in | | | | housing keeps them warm and dry and feeling safe |
| poultry keeping was passed on from generation to | | | | and secure you will be able to keep them healthy, |
| generation and very much limited to farming | | | | happy and egg laying with the minimum of effort. |
| communities and small holders. | | | | By raising laying chickens you really can bring yourself |
| Chickens were kept more out of necessity to lay | | | | closer to nature very simply while at the same time |
| eggs to supplement meagre diets to ensure some | | | | enjoy the nutritious, delicious healthy free range eggs |
| protein and nutrition was available in what sometimes | | | | that you collect yourself and what can be more |
| could be a very restricted and bland diet. | | | | satisfying than that? |
| 21st century living has proved that the demand for | | | | Building poultry housing instead of wasting money on |
| eggs as a food source has not diminished but the | | | | buying coops for your chickens can be simple and |
| quality and flavour has been affected due to | | | | great fun when you are given the correct |
| conditions that poultry have been kept in to supply | | | | information. They are practical, easy to assemble and |
| this huge demand. Only basic needs are catered for | | | | can save you a fortune. |