Keeping Chickens

Keeping Chickens On A Budget seems to be a bit of a buzz at the moment - what with the re-printing of a war time favourite Keeping poultry and rabbits on scraps; due to second hand copies of the original ‘going like hot cakes’ on various online sites.

Plus the regular mention of the ‘current economic climate’ in the news, causing a rise in people looking to keep chickens in their garden as a way of saving money.

I ordered a re-printed copy of Keeping poultry and rabbits on scraps via amazon - click here for the right page. It arrived a couple of days later and the book is fairly reminiscent of ‘penguin guide’ books my Dad used to have in his study bookcase.

When reading the book, you have to realise that Keeping poultry and rabbits on scraps was printed during a time of real war time national crisis, a time when people really had to keep chickens on a budget…

The book is in two stages, one on mainly chicken keeping, although other poultry breeds are mentioned; and one on keeping rabbits for meat and fur / wool for clothing!

If you’re looking for information on keeping chickens on a budget, then the book is a ‘must get’ - it’s cheap and packed with straight forward practical chicken keeping information.

It starts with the beginner chicken keeper in mind, deals with ‘build your own’ chicken house plans using cheap / freely available scraps of wood, what breeds to go for, what age to buy, culling, diseases, cleaning, eggs (even how to cook an egg!), feeding, housing etc.

There’s information on how to use every scrap item of kitchen and vegetable waste to make ‘free’ chicken food. We’ve been experimenting with variations of the ‘chicken mash‘ recipes…!

The amazon link for Keeping Poultry and Rabbits On Scraps is here again.

At the same time, I ordered a copy of Keeping Chickens On A Budget from the Wikaniko shop, (pronounced ‘We-Can-Eco’) which is a new UK eco / green / organic type shopping site. This is a dvd guide and also arrived within a couple of days of being ordered.

Keeping Chickens On A Budget dvd guide basically puts you in the back garden of a chap who keeps chickens and talks you through using his chickens, feeders, chicken house, chicken run etc. all of which have been knocked up pretty inexpensively.

Keeping Chickens On A Budget dvd is a 30 minute long chicken keeping guide. If you prefer to ‘watch’ rather than read, then maybe this dvd would be worth getting. Go to Wikaniko and click the shop link. The dvd can be found in the ‘garden’ section.

Well that’s all for Keeping Chickens On A Budget.