This is farming….and for all of those people who wonder how we can eat our pet, I challenge you to go vegetarian for the rest of your life, because knowing where your food comes from is important. It makes you appreciate it and respect it, more than going to the supermarket and picking up a plastic packet ever could.
The real life highs and lows of keeping chickens as back yard pets.
It’s thanks giving weekend and the chickens are getting well and truly looked after. The chickens and I were gifted a brand new super efficient chicken feeder. My daughter’s birthday present of seven baby chicks are currently living in the old coop, but will be in the main hen house before we know it. Which will…
We are super lucky that the Northern Beaches Council encourages its residents to keep chickens for sustainability purposes. That said, we don’t live on acreage and roosters are not allowed. So I’ve been avoiding getting day old chicks for a few years now. But when your daughter asks for baby chickens for her fourth birthday,…