What We’ve Learned About How to Raise Chickens by: Sarah 0 Comments Posted:10/09/2022Updated:10/12/2022 Today we have the chick update of all chick updates! We’re talking about how to raise chickens in your backyard.As many of you who follow us on Instagram know, we now have a flock of backyard chickens laying fresh eggs every day.We started sharing regular chick updates when we got them as baby chicks back in February, and now they’re fully grown adults, living a life of leisure, snacking on kitchen/garden scraps and dried mealworms.

There have been some high highs and low lows over the past eight months, but we’re ready to share what we’ve learned so far about raising backyard chickens.Raising chicks—part 2! So this actually isn’t our first time raising chickens.About 12 years ago(!), we decided to get some chicks from our local Tractor Supply store.

They’re available each spring, and we read up on how to brood and raise them.My mom, ever gleeful at the prospect of food she coaxed out of the earth herself, designed the coop.Together, my dad and grandpa built it.

(A mini-me dupe of our house at the time in color and character!) In the meantime, the chicks lived in a cardboard box in the basement under the cozy glow of a red heat lamp.The original coop.The triangular part opened up like a lid, which we could hold in place with a thin piece of wood.

Most evenings, the hens hopped back in on their own, though more

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