Like most people we started our homestead with chickens. 5 to be exact. We didn't have a whole lot of variety to chose from so we when with a breed known in Egypt as Sasha. They are a much larger breed than the baladi (local) breed in Egypt. They are meaters and not hormone infested like the famous white breed chicken that you will find in the market for consumption.
Below are a few pictures of our 2nd flock. We purchased 15 chicks.
These chicks are a mix breed and come in a variety of different colors. Here in Egypt most chickens are feed:
1. Baseem (clover)
2. Cracked corn. Used for fattening up the birds and NOT used by everyone. It is costly so many poor people can not afford to feed their animals/birds corn.
All of our animals are either raised in pens or have a free roaming area for them. The chickens wings have been clipped (I'll get to a post on how to do it and the reason why later). However, anyone who has raised chickens know that they are very fast runners. I would even say just a fast, if not faster, than the Road Runner.
One thing that we didn't do and we should have done is when we bring a new flock to the homestead to give them a dose of antibiotics and quarantine them. We did quarantine them but to be on the safe side we should have medicated them as well. This is done to protect the animals that you already have as well as treating and taking precautions against diseases that your new animals might have.
Below are a few pictures of our 2nd flock. We purchased 15 chicks.
These chicks are a mix breed and come in a variety of different colors. Here in Egypt most chickens are feed:
1. Baseem (clover)
2. Cracked corn. Used for fattening up the birds and NOT used by everyone. It is costly so many poor people can not afford to feed their animals/birds corn.
All of our animals are either raised in pens or have a free roaming area for them. The chickens wings have been clipped (I'll get to a post on how to do it and the reason why later). However, anyone who has raised chickens know that they are very fast runners. I would even say just a fast, if not faster, than the Road Runner.
One thing that we didn't do and we should have done is when we bring a new flock to the homestead to give them a dose of antibiotics and quarantine them. We did quarantine them but to be on the safe side we should have medicated them as well. This is done to protect the animals that you already have as well as treating and taking precautions against diseases that your new animals might have.
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