Theres something nice about keeping your own chickens and its no wonder that so many people choose to keep a few chickens.
Those chickens will keep you supplied with fresh eggs each day, and possibly even enough to sell on to local shops, or at the local market.
They are one of my favorite foods, without a doubt. You can beat the taste, and you can have so much variety with eggs. The common uses are of course, boiling, frying and poaching. But there are so many other applications, in baking cakes, quiches etc.
I’m a city dweller and I eat eggs regularly. The eggs that I normally get in grocery stores or supermarkets are OK – but have you tasted the real free-range varieties?
I go to my moms in the country every month or so for a weekend. She always has a supply of eggs that she buys from a local farmer ” they are the real deal, free-range, home on the range type.
And the taste of those eggs – there’s just no comparison with eggs from a shop. After tasting them, you wonder just how “free-range” those shop “free-range” eggs are (if at all).
I think that I have this discernment because I grew up eating delicious eggs like these. On the farm where I grew up, we had our own brood of chickens, and I suppose I got the taste for the eggs. It stays with you I guess.
And it’s not a big deal to get a few chickens and start your own egg-producing business. I feel that there’s nothing quite like having fresh eggs from your own backyard, every day. And with a reasonably-sized back garden you can build your own coop cheaply.
But its not as if the chickens are just there to turn out the eggs, day in and day out! Personally speaking, I like chickens and I would find it difficult not to get attached to them.
I kid you not ” I could watch chickens for ages ” I find them fascinating. They put a smile on my face ” between the noises they make and the movements they make with their heads.
Each one has their own particular traits – some are loud and and boisterous, while others are more laid-back, or timid. And when they lay an egg, they let you know, loud and clear!
And the chickens come in many beautiful colors and varieties, such as Golden Campines, Blue Andalusians or the popular Rhode Island Reds.
You can treat them as pets if you wish, but they will keep laying eggs anyway. I can’t think of another pet that will give “something back” to you!
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