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It seems like a bold statement to make, “Raising Your Own Chickens Will Improve Your Health”, doesn’t it?

But there are so many amazing advantages to raising chickens other than the regular supply of eggs they will provide you with.

Chickens make for amazing pets. They are gentle and amusing, and if you have children you can feel safe knowing that they will not harm them in any way.

Okay so how is it that chickens are going to help improve your health?

Many people keep their own chickens. Keeping chickens is more of a hobby or the desire to have your own fresh eggs, rather than a business.

Individuals can keep up to 20 hens easily but this may be too many eggs for your own household. To have enough fresh eggs for yourself you may only need a few laying hens.

Those interested in starting their own flock should purchase pullets that are approximately 14 to 18 weeks old. You need to ensure that the pullets are healthy and will produce quality eggs.

For anyone interested in gardening, the thrill of getting your hands dirty, smelling the fresh dirt and watching your carefully nurtured plants grow from seeds into proper bushes that produce flowers or veggies is the most important draw.

Very few people who hate gardening actually make much progress with it, it seems to be one of those things that you’ll do if you love it.

When gardening, it’s a good idea to have good quality tools on hand. These will make the entire process faster and easier and leave you more time to enjoy the fruits of your labor. There’s nothing so sweet as strawberries plucked fresh from the patch that you planted and nurtured yourself and the right tools will help you grow more than just one small patch.

The other day I spotted a hornet’s nest hanging from the branch of a small witch hazel tree. It had been cold recently and knowing the Bald-faced hornets that built and used the nest during the summer abandon it after the first big frost, I decided it was worth collecting. As I approached, I remembered an old wives’ tale that claimed you could predict the severity of the coming winter with a hornet’s nest. The saying goes: if the nest is close to the ground, the winter will be dry, but if the nest is high in the trees, then snow will pile deep.

There are many different types and breeds of chickens (over 60 in fact). And you would certainly want to research the breed of dog you plan on buying before you actually go out and buy it, right?

You wouldn’t want a dog breed that generally doesn’t like children if you have children, or a breed that’s aggressive towards other dogs or animals if you already have a dog. This is just as important when you are buying chickens.