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Raising Poultry (Patreon)

Published:
2025-04-21 16:40:02
Edited:
2025-04-21 16:40:45
Imported:
2026-11

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Brooke and Casandra are going to record a Live Like the World is Dying podcast episode about raising poultry for eggs, specifically chickens (Brooke) and quails (Casandra). We will share our experiences with building and maintaining coops, everyday care, incubation, and more. Please share with us your own experiences, lessons learned, and any questions you have about this fowl topic!

Comments

Why

If your town has rules against chickens/quails/ducks try to get them changed! Or do it until they make you stop!

had2laf

How do you deal with sickness and injury in your flock (vet, diy, a bit of both)? Also, what do you do with hens that stop laying eggs? Thank you!

Vali

I'm so excited for this! I've been raising chickens for almost 15 years, and since have expanded to ducks and rabbits. We are lucky to now live where a crowing rooster isn't uncommon, so our flock pretty naturally replenishes itself as often as we let it, lol.

Cat Sauser

Something I’ve learned about keeping animals is that you need to know what you will do in end of life situations, natural or otherwise, before it happens. I use cervical dislocation for chickens as it is wildly regarded as the fastest and most humane. Unfortunately though, I’ve noticed that the more traumatic it is for the human, the less painful it is for the animal as a general rule. It’s definitely something I had to work through and still isn’t easy, but ultimately I feel that if I am going to keep animals, knowing how to end their lives with the least amount of pain possible is part of it. That said, my hens that reach henopause and are otherwise healthy live out the rest of their lives in comfort. I’ve noticed that they are often the best hens to give chicks to also. Generational knowledge is something flocks have too and she will teach the chicks.

Cat Sauser

Build as big of a coop as you can right off the bat and make sure it is easy to CLEAN. Hens poop SO MUCH. Also, an automatic chicken door was absolutely worth the investment for me.

Orchidspork

It’s been a long time since I had chickens and I don’t have much to add, catsaucer said what I was going to. I guess also I used to ask the grocery store for produce they were tossing out, and the hens loved it. I also gave them oyster shell supplement for calcium and they had the strongest egg shells. Their poop made the best fertilizer, too. But like I said, it’s been awhile and I am not an expert. They seemed happy but hopefully I wasn’t messing it up. Recently I’ve thought about trying again with smaller birds like quails or pigeons. But I’m pretty afraid of H5N1.

Kete

I liked this book: The Small-Scale Poultry Flock by Harvey Ussery who has done a lot of YouTube videos, but I watched this one and found it informative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnLaBFvdmDE (The Joys of Cover Cropping)