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Raising Backyard Chicken
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- 🥚 How Many Chickens Do You Need?
- 🐔 Best Chicken Breeds for Eggs
- 🐣 Ordering & Vaccinating Chicks
- 🔥 The Brooder Setup: Indoors or Out?
- 🛠️ 1. The Heavy-Duty Brooder (Large Flock)
- 🧺 2. The Portable Tote Brooder (Small Flock)
- 💧 Watering Chicks: “Magic Water” Recipe
- 🧪 Magic Water Mix (for ½ gallon):
- 🐥 Feeding Chicks: Start Smart
- 🍲 How to Ferment Feed
- 🪨 Don’t Forget Grit!
- 🚿 Clean Water & Feed: The Dirt Trap Trick
- Build a “Dirt Trap” Platform:
- 👨👩👧👦 A Word on Open Brooders (And Kids)
- 🛠️ DIY Materials Recap
- 🛠️ DIY Chick Brooder Setup
- 🐣 Introducing New Chicks to the Brooder
- 🐔 Understanding Pecking and Flock Dynamics
- 💔 Dealing with Loss
- 🥬 Natural Treats and Kitchen Scraps
- 🛏️ The Deep Litter Method (Don’t Clean It Yet!)
- Why deep litter works:
- 🍽️ Feeding: Starter vs Grower
- Our Feeding Setup
- 💡 The Magic of the Dirt Trap
- 🌡️ Heat Sources: Hover Brooder vs Heat Lamp
- 🛸 Hover Brooder (Recommended)
- 🔥 Heat Lamp (Backup Option)
- 🧪 Natural Immunity Boost: Magic Water Recipe
- 🧴 Magic Water Recipe
- 🪨 Why Chicks Need Grit (aka “Rooster Teeth”)
- 📏 Space Requirements
- ☠️ Dead Chicks: What To Do
- ⏳ Timing is Everything: When to Move Chicks Outside
- 🏡 Housing Options for Young Chickens
- 1. Chicken Tractor
- 2. The Chickshaw
- 3. Deep Litter Static Run
- 🛡️ Predator Protection: Guard Geese & Smart Placement
- Solution? Enter the
- 🌙 Introducing Chicks to the Main Flock
- Nighttime Introduction Method
- 🔄 Manure Management: Deep Litter vs. Mobile Coops
- 1. Why Move the Coop?
- 2. Why Use Deep Litter?
- 🧺 Compost Corner: Turning Chicken Poop into Black Gold
- 🍽️ Feeding and Watering: What Chicks & Chickens Need
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