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Chicken Cast

Chicken Cast: Raising Backyard Chickens | Chicken Coops | Chicken Breeds

Chicken Power!

Why Chicken Cast Podcast?
Vision of the Chicken Cast podcast
The Best Chicken Coop
See my newly finished coop and why I love the design
The Chicken Cast Flock
Take a look at these lovable chicks
The Chicken Waterer – episode 3
My Chicken Waterer, Zoning for keeping Chickens. Listen now!

Welcome to Chicken Cast, home of the podcast discussing raising chickens in your backyard. We hope to educate, inspire and make you laugh!

Chicken Cast Ep5: New chicken run, 5 things to know before you get chickens, All about chicken feed

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Chicken Cast Ep5: New chicken run, 5 things to know before you get chickens, All about chicken feed

Update: – the building of the chicken run, waiting on eggs, water note

Relaxing in their addition

They still love to huddle together

The roof is made from lightweight plastic sheeting.

Feature 1: story of leaving chickens at the animal shelter; 5 things you should know before getting chickens

Chickens are messy birds – they indescriminately poops everywhere, they tear up bedding, grass flower bed
Chickens attract pests – flies, mites, mice rats, predators – because of their presence and food – diatomaceous earth
Know what you will do with them after they stop laying – Egg laying will eventually slow down during winter months, but as they age. Why are you keeping them? for pets, for eggs, for food?
They will grow up from being cute fuzzy little babies – the puppy syndrome, baby animals are cute no doubt. They pull at your heart strings as helpless little creatures and make you want to shelter them and cuddle them.. As they get older and more independent, they develop personalities and are not as cute.
Responsibilities - let them out & in daily, feed, water, coop cleaning, when you go away

Feature 2: Chicken Feed

Bags of Feed – What is feed made from?

Essential ingredients:

Carbohydrates – energy for the chickens, Wheat, corn, barley – grains - I’ve also noticed molasses extract in my feed
Fats – dense calories for energy – can be from plants, seeds such as sunflower, etc.
Proteins – building blocks for muscle, organs, and feathers – Comes from soybeans, cotton seed and sunflower seed – be careful of foods that use animal protein if that concerns you.
Minerals – Most widely know is Calcium – more important after 20 weeks when they are into egg production. Not needed and actually harmful in younger peeps and pullets.
Vitamins – just like us, chickens need vitamins. A,D,E, and K are essential and feeds use supplements to provide lots of these

Forms of the feed:

Mash – the most unprocessed of feed, mostly raw materials
Crumble – processed pellets that are crushed up. Good for feeding young chickens who can’t take pellets due to size
Pellets – pressed together food that is cylinder shaped and solid. Looks like small pill caplets.

Chicken Cast Ep 4: Keeping Chickens Cool, Listening options, Special Interview

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Keeping Chickens Cool in the Summer | Listen on iTunes & Stitcher Radio | A Special first interview Updates on chickens – water water water to hot hot hot.. how to keep your chickens cool… why do my chickens crowd into the end of the [...]

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Chicken Cast Ep3: Storms, Egg carton labeling, The chicken dance

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Storms – Tie down the Coop | Egg Carton labeling | The Chicken Dance In this 3rd episode I talk about; The Chicken Dance – Tacky or clean fun? Hear what I have to say about it and watch the clip below Storms across our area, [...]

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Chicken Cast Ep2: Chicken Waterer, Zoning laws & your neighbors, Foul or Poultry?

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed In this second episode I tell all about my newly built Chicken Waterer, Zoning laws, Talking to your neighbors about keeping chickens and what is it – Foul or Poultry? chicken waterer that I made from a tea jug and some watering nipples purchased from Amazon.- [...]

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Chicken Cast Ep1: Keeping Chickens, The Vision of Chicken Cast

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Who I am | Keeping Chickens | Podcast Vision In this first episode of Chicken Cast I talk about who I am, how I got into keeping chickens and what my vision for this podcast is Who I am Christian, Husband, Father, interests, muscle cars, [...]