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Everybody loves eggs. They’re one of the most versatile foods you can have in the fridge. And everyone loves pets. So why not combine the two and keep chickens in your back yard. That way you satisfy the urge to get a pet, and you’ll also be getting plenty of eggs for the fridge.

As all kids love pets they will also love chickens. I have chickens and I have kids and the kids are delighted with their chickens. They feed them and pat them and give them names. Chickens are cheap to feed, and if you let them out in the garden during the day they’ll eat those pesky bugs that are feasting on your flowers. They are also relatively easy to keep and don’t make lots of noise as long as you don’t get a rooster.

But before you decide that keeping chickens is a great idea and jump in the car to go by some you need to think a little bit about a good chicken coop , because you will need a chicken coop to house your chickens.

Of course you need to decide how many chickens you are going to have in your chicken coop. 3 or 4 hens is really quite sufficient to the average household, and if you are keeping this number than a simple portable chicken house that can move around the garden is quite sufficient.

The first thing you need to think about is whether there are any regulations governing keeping chickens or having a henhouse . In some places regulations specify what you can and cannot do.

The cheapest way to get your own chicken coop is to build it yourself. If you’re handy with a hammer and nails it shouldn’t be too difficult. Some treated pine, some chicken wire and a few odds and ends and you can have your own chicken coup built during an afternoon.
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Although not essential it helps to provide an enclosed area for the hens to nest. This is where the eggs will be laid.

As well as this you need some perches above the floor of the coop where the chickens perch to sleep at night.

There is a simple A-frame design that is easy to build and quite adequate for 3 or 4 chickens. Run rods from one side of the chicken coop to the other for the chickens to roost on at night and put some cover over this area so they are not roosting in the rain.

If you put handles on one end of the coop and wheels on the other it’s quite possible to roll it around the garden every few days. Just put it where you would like some fertiliser applied, leave it for a couple of days and you have automatic fertiliser for the lawn.

You can always allow your chickens out of the henhouse during the day. Make sure however that they all return at night and the door is closed in case of foxes. Your chickens will clean up your yard of any nasty bugs.

Kids just love having chickens, as well as the eggs. But before you get started on your new hobby of keeping chickens decide how many you wish to have, and buy or build a a good quality chicken coop to house them in and you’re well on your way to a fridge full of eggs.

Grab that hammer and nails out of the shed, get started on a simple handyman project that you can enjoy doing with the kids, get yourself some chickens and then enjoy all those wonderful omelettes.

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Consider this: everything a chicken eats goes into producing an egg, right? When you purchase a carton of eggs from the supermarket, do know what went into the making of those eggs? If your chickens are fed nothing but good quality chicken food and your own table scraps, you will have tasty, nutritious eggs for your plate. Also, by letting your chickens run free during the day, (in some urban areas this may not be appropriate) you will find they will mostly be able to feed themselves.Chicken Coop Plans
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We were the first group to take the Permaculture Design course at granja TIXIB!

It took place during the whole month of August, fortunately enough I found sponsors other wise I would have not been able to take the course. With meals included and accommodation in a tent/cabin it costs 1,500 USD.

The course is thought in English because is sold all over the world. This turned out to be a little challenging for some teachers and some students because it created a language barrier for deeper levels of communication, well some times we ended up speaking in Spanish.

We learn many things, including basic training and practice of consensus, and a class in non violent communication. There was a teacher who taught about soils and compost tea. A lecture in Deep ecology and a Visit to the ecovillage HUEHUECOYOTL complemented the course. We built an a frame, a table and a tiny chinampa. We also modeled a self sustaining ruf, prepared cob for a chicken coop and actually started it. We did compost and chore activities of a farm. Also visited several places like the mountains, a center for dry compost toilet development, and an archaeological site called Xochicalco.

Some other things were planned that we never did, and we also did other things that were never planned, but so it’s life, hard to predict.

Any way, I hope you enjoy the pictures and take some time to spend in a farm, grow you own food, compost or just visit some of this beautiful places

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