With a growing interest in buying local, there has also been an increased interest by urban residents in growing their own foods and, in some cases, raising their own chickens for eggs. Here’s a fact sheet prepared by Egg Farmers of Ontario that gives you some tips to think about before you get a backyard flock of your own. – OFAC
Urban Egg Farmer: Top Ten List of Chores
There has been a growing interest in raising egg-laying hens in urban environments.
Properly taking care of chickens requires some physical adaptations to a typical backyard, a daily time
commitment to caring for your flock, a lot of preparation, and a great deal of expertise.
If you are considering having a backyard flock of your own, here is an example of a chore list you should expect.
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Posted by OFAC on December 24th, 2009 :: Filed under
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BC egg farmers care for the right reasons. There is more to caring for hens than meets the eye.
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Posted by BCFACC on October 16th, 2009 :: Filed under
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Food For Thought looks at how we use hens as protein factories to produce an egg a day for our tables
By Luisa D’Amato, Waterloo Region Record, 05 Jul 2008
When you walk into the long, dimly lit barn where Gary West keeps 25,000 egg-laying hens, the first thing you notice is the sound.
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Posted by Admin on July 22nd, 2009 :: Filed under
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Source: Farmers Weekly Interactive 22/11/2007
Poultry meat uses less global energy than other livestock systems and
intensive poultry uses less than free range and organic, according to new research.
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Posted by Admin on July 21st, 2009 :: Filed under
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PRNewswire, ATLANTA, Dec. 19 / 2007
Animal rights activists have long alleged that hens in modern cages live a horribly stressed life, but new research appears to debunk those claims. Researchers have discovered that free range hens experience just as much or more stress than hens raised in modern, conventional cages.
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Posted by Admin on July 21st, 2009 :: Filed under
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