Why have a hen?

WHY???

• High Quality eggs right in your yard made from your food waste.

• Natural pest control. They can debug 120 square feet in a week.

• Soil enrichment. Hens can till 50 square feet of sod in 5-6weeks and fertilize a 50 square foot garden in a month.

• While leveling piles of leaves they produce enough manure in a month to make 1 cubic yard of compost. Save yourself a lot of yard clean up while making your soil healthier.

• They provide therapeutic and educational Value.

Why are people getting into chickens?

There is a growing awareness of how easy and fun chickens are to raise. People see that chickens are a multi purpose pet! They are easy to care for. They eat the bugs and weeds in your backyard, generate fantastic fertilizer, and are fun to watch and interact with. People desire to get their food from local and healthy sources. There is a preference for eggs from chickens that were fed well and treated humanely.

You can be a part of the local food movement! The local food movement is taking off, and by keeping chickens, you can take pride in being a producer and not just a consumer. Help feed your own existence!

Chicken Trivia

Alektorophobia: The fear of poultry

The Largest Chicken egg: 12 ounces; 12.25 inches

The most yolks in a single egg: 9

Chickens can fly. The longest flight: 13 seconds

Chickens can travel 9 miles per hour

Chickens were domesticated 8,000 years ago

It takes 24-26 hours to lay an egg
It takes 21 days to hatch an egg