Justin Rhodes, host and producer of Permaculture Chickens, is a well seasoned homesteader having enjoyed many years of practicing "beyond organic" and permaculture methods on his 75 acre family farm near Asheville, NC. Justin trained under the highly accredited Geoff Lawton of PRI Australia for his Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) and has studied natural chicken care under popular author, Pat Foremen. He'll be teaching you from his own homestead on the chicken systems essential to more sustainable living.
After they hatch and you bring them back home, learn how to be a mother hen to newborn chicks with this beginners’ guide on how to care for baby chicks.
The cost to raise meat chickens organically can vary. Read on to learn that, without much effort, you can have significant effects on your overall budget.
There are several ways that chickens can help with composting your garden. The natural tendency of chickens is to scratch and peck which results in turning the soil. They move anything that is piled up, including their nitrogen-rich manure.