Jun 01
I’m not chicken obsessed. Really I’m not. But I couldn’t help but notice there’s an article in the June/July issue of Mother Earth News about raising chickens to eat. The author of the article estimates that it costs $1 per pound for her to raise chickens. That’s not bad at all.
May 15
Recently Home Ec 101 started a series called “Kitchen Bravery”. Their first article was indeed very brave. It tells how to make chicken stock from, you guessed it, chickens feet. You can see the details here complete with photos of the item in question and instructions for giving an avian pedicure. I had a mixed …
Jun 18
Megan McArdle wrote an interesting blog post about the economics of gardening and raising chickens. One interesting point that she brings up is the opportunity cost of these activities. What are you giving up by deciding to garden? Are you turning away work? What if have to hire a handyman to do a project because …
Jun 19
One day, hopefully within the next year, Erroll and I will move to the country. Once we’re there I’d really like to get chickens. Technically though I don’t have to wait. There are a lot of people that are keeping chickens in the city now. Here are some interesting links on the subject. How to …
Mar 11
I hope to move to a small farm in the next year or so. I’m preparing by learning about different farm animals. What would be worthwhile economically to raise? What is the amount of care involved? There are a lot of issues to look at. While I was doing my research I came across this …
