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?
Most chickens have great personalities and you can watch them for hours playing around in your backyard. You will laugh and laughing is good. It will help to relieve the build up of stress that you endure on a daily basis. But this is not the way that they are going to improve your health, although it does help.
One of the major reasons is the eggs that these hens produce. Some chicken breeds will give you an average of 4-6 eggs each week per chicken. These eggs will not have any harmful additives pumped into them, and you know this because you know what the chickens are eating.
Many people across the country have become organic food junkies and there are good reasons for this. Food these days have become tainted with things that can harm our bodies. I’m not going to get into the things that they do just to the chickens alone, and the harmful things that go into their bodies and ultimately into ours. Organic foods are all natural from the beginning of their growing stages and such will be the case when you keep chickens at home.
While the sole purpose of raising chickens in your backyard is most likely not to get eggs from them, it can be a great benefit to you and your family. It’s important that you understand that this will require a small amount of additional work and care.
You will need to put them on a better food diet. The foods that you put into your chickens body will need to be closely monitored. If you are raising them for pets then I’m sure this is not going to be anything that you wouldn’t want to do normally. You can find great diets for these chickens to improve their health so that they can produce good eggs that will help to keep your bodies clear of harmful additives.
Take a look at a good diet for your backyard chickens, one that is going to be something that they enjoy and balanced nutritionally. A fresh supply of leafy greens, bugs, worms and plenty of water. This is a diet fit for healthy egg producing chickens. You can easily find bugs and worms in most pet supply stores. You might even want to start your own worm farm as well.
There is no doubt that raising chickens as a pet will offer you great rewards in so many different aspects. There are many different types of chicken breeds that you have to choose from. Some chickens will not produce as many eggs as others do, so when you are looking to buy a chicken it’s a good idea to make a decision on whether or not you will use the eggs that they produce so you can choose the right breed.
You can easily learn a great deal of information about all of the different breeds and the advantages and disadvantages to each breed by doing some research on the internet. It’s always a good idea to have a better understanding of what to expect before jumping head first into the exciting and healthy hobby of keeping chickens.
