Photo by Leoncillo Sabino/ flicker
A chicken will give you healthy "homegrown" eggs for the cost of food scraps. In fact they are little recycling machines. Feed the chickens homegrown vegetable scraps & grit (ground shells available at any feed store) and they will also eat loads of pesty little insects ( they love Japanese beetles) & weeds. They then produce natural manure that you can put in your garden to grow more vegetables that will create more vegetable scraps that will feed your chickens- Get the picture? They are quieter than dogs as long as a rooster is not included in the hen house. All they need is a small shelter to keep them out of the elements. Think about it- an animal that weeds, kills insects, provides homegrown eggs & natural fertilizer and all for a little shelter, scraps, and chicken grit? Come on Geneva, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
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I am so encouraged to hear of your joy in having chickens in Geneva! We live in St. Charles and as of now there is a city ordinance that will not permit us to have them:( Wondering if you had any advice for me to get that law changed.
Thank you,
Your neighbor in the tri-cities,
Anita
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