Keeping Chickens

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Keepi ng Chick ens Kirsten Serrano Small Wonder Farm

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Kirsten Serrano Small Wonder Farm. Keeping Chickens. Small Wonder Farm. www.smallwonderfarm.wordpress.com www.lascalaitalianrestaurant.com. Farm Stats. 5 .2 acres 25 chickens 2 goats 2 dogs 2 cats 20’ x 36’ high tunnel ¼ acre garden Small orchard Meadow Woods . Why oh Why???. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Keeping ChickensKirsten Serrano

Small Wonder Farm

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Small Wonder Farm

www.smallwonderfarm.wordpress.comwww.lascalaitalianrestaurant.com

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Farm Stats•5 .2 acres•25 chickens•2 goats•2 dogs•2 cats•20’ x 36’ high tunnel•¼ acre garden•Small orchard•Meadow•Woods

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Why oh Why??? Pasture Raised

Protein Circle of Life Enjoyment Family Easy

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Pasture Raised Protein Eggs or Meat,

pasture is better Know what the

inputs are Quality over

quantity/price

eggs from hens raised on pasture may contain up to:

1/3 less cholesterol 1/4 less saturated fat 2/3 more vitamin A 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids 4 to 6 times as much Vitamin D 3 times more vitamin E

7 times more beta carotene

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A Born Again Omnivore

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Circle of Life Life lived

authentically Farmer

harvests the eggs, meat, fertilizer

Skipping the middlemen, the chemicals, and the unsafe and immoral factory

Pasture,

produce

Chicken

Soil

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Enjoyment and Wonder

Respect your food

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Family

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Getting started

Sourcing chicks Mail order Buying Locally Hatching your own

Straight-run v. Pullets

Meat and/or Eggs and/or Beauty

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Diversity

Hundreds of breeds Murray McMurray

chicken selector iPhone app

Many, many books and websites

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Importance of Heirloom Breeds

Commercial chicken farming relies primarily on just three breeds — the White Leghorn, Rhode Island Red and Indian Game.

8 pounds in 8 weeks

Chickens are losing (many have lost) their ability to be chickeny

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Basic needs

Food Shelter Water Fresh Air and Sunshine Protection from Predators

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Roosters

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