City Cottager Goes Chicken!



The City Cottage Backyard



After saying I was going to raise chickens and then getting "chicken" and deciding NOT to raise chickens I am now going to raise chickens! What ever made me think of raising chickens in the first place? I guess it has a lot to do with what I would like my mission in life to be. I strive to live a simple life style because I believe that simplicity brings harmony which brings peace and from peace comes gratitude which brings joy. This becomes a circle of life; simplicity,harmony,peace, gratitude, joy!  I believe the closer we live with nature the more simply we live. Nature is not in a rush and if you listen to Mother Earth you will slow down and enjoy what she has set before us. When I look out into my yard it seems to call for chickens! Chickens are suppose to be easy to care for and a lot of fun. I am not convinced that they are as easy as the books claim after all most of the books are 200 pages of directions on how to take care of your chickens! They cover the size of the coop, how to protect your chickens from predators and what to feed them. There is always a full chapter on illness and diseases that they will probably get over the course of their life which is generally 7 plus years if you don't get fed up and eat them! One book made it very clear that veterinary care for your chickens will be very costly and that poultry diseases are some of the most difficult to diagnose! Yikes! That right there made me think I was trully nuts to think about raising chickens! But the yard still called out!

So after thinking about all the people who are now raising chickens in their backyard I feel this City Cottager should be able to raise a few hens without needing a veterinary degree to get a few eggs and good poop! After all that is all I want; some good poop to add to my compost pile, good eggs to share with family and friends, a live weed eater and the sound of hens clucking. The yard calls out for chickens so chickens it will be!
The journey continues!!