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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone have chickens on your property? 
Are they hard or easy to maintain?
How much time a day do you spend caring for them?
How many do you have and how many eggs do you get a week?
Do you have them for the eggs or another reason?

TIA [/quote]

Urban chickens are becoming super popular in cities across the country.  Lots of blogs and articles written about it -- do some research and you will come up with all the info you could possibly want.

We have two hens and they lay about a dozen eggs a week (they each lay one egg most days.)   They need very little attention -- take them food and water once a day.  It takes about three minutes.  Then, rake out their house about once every 2-4 weeks.  Mine have a small house with an attached run, and it is filled with hay so it doesn't really even smell bad.  When I clean it out, the hay goes into the compost pile.

Why do we have chickens?  1) organic, soy-free eggs from pastured chickens (we move the run or allow them to roam the yard), 2) good compost material (we also have a small garden so we love to have great compost each spring) and 3)  they eat all of our food scraps  and 4) I like having pets, but not needy ones, so chickens are a great fit.  It's kind of peaceful to watch them scratching in the earth and running around.  [/quote]

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