Homesteading Mistakes and Lessons Learned, Part 3: Don’t Put the Chicken Before the Coop

Reader Contribution by Becca Moore
article image

Read Homesteading Mistakes and LessonsPart 1and Homesteading Mistakes and Lessons Part 2.

For years before we were able to move onto our homestead I had dreamed, planned, and educated myself on all thing’s chickens. Before we had moved to the mid-west, we lived in a town where there were a lot of rules to follow. One of those rules were, no one could own any livestock animal that needed to be raised outdoors including: all varieties of poultry, rabbits, cows, goats, etc. If I really wanted to raise chickens, I would have to raise them in a cage, indoors and that just wasn’t happening. Surely, I could do this, but I am a firm believer that unless a chicken needs to be treated for an injury or illness, they need to be roaming around, scratching and pecking at bugs and slugs and dust bathing in the sunshine.

The Mistake

Comments (0) Join others in the discussion!
    Online Store Logo
    Need Help? Call 1-800-234-3368