What do i need to know to raise chickens?

Question

What do i need to know to raise chickens?

Answer 1

I dont know much about chickens, but I know my aunt feed hers bread?

Answer 2

Get "The chook book" by Jackie French - it's awesome!

Answer 3

Basic mechanics for XXL pullets. (You need to know when your big hens have gone.)

Answer 4

how to keep it alive...seriously...

Answer 5

hay! i am a chicken!

Answer 6

that they're delicious to eat.

Oh, and that you feed them everyday

Answer 7

Well- you must have a fenced yard -to stop them from running away.

Chicken -wire will help keep them in.

You need to  have containers of water always filled up , & clean

-Also you need to feed them chicken- feed twice a day.~bread is also eaten.

-Dogs, wolves , foxes & other chicken eating animals must be kept out.

--At dusk you have to place them in a chicken coop or they can get eaten.

If they show signs of illness you may need to take them to a small -animal vet.~chickens are liable to  just die suddenly when sick.

cheers

Answer 8

My mother raised chickens when I was a kid.  All I remember is that my dad built a chicken coop, we fed them chicken feed and of course they had water.  She didn't raise them as laying hens, but to help on the food bill.  She also raised rabbits.

Answer 9

I hope the website helps.(many more Google how to raise chickens) You may also want to visit your county seat agriculture office. There is an American Poultry Association.

Don't Plant them too deep :-)