For a dozen of his chickens, Kevin Owen has built a spacious enclosure in Hillsboro that protects birds from predators. In the aviary there are colorful houses raised above the floor, a water station, small swings made in the form of a large bird cage, preventing the chickens from getting bored.
Although they are designed for egg production, chickens are more than just poultry. Owen introduces them as relatives: silver Wyandots, buff orpingtons, black Australorps. There is even a Polish mane-rooster in the style of Albert Einstein. He has a cute disposition and allows anyone to pick themselves up.
Owen points to a Chinese Silk black bird and describes it as a little fluffy cheeky teenager - charming and independent. Right outside the fence are garden chairs, where you can often meet Owen and his family.
“We come here every day for an hour or so and just watch the birds,” says the head of the family. “We're just talking to them.” Owen and his family have been keeping chickens for three years and take this work seriously. But the more they work with birds, the more questions they have.
The breed of chicken, its weight and age directly affect the size of the egg.
According to the American Pet Producers Association, domestic and urban chickens are rapidly gaining popularity as pets. In 2018, 10 million households held chickens in the United States.
- One of the leading producers of poultry products in Ukraine, the Dneprovskaya agro-industrial group will receive loan funds from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in the amount of EUR 20 million (in two tranches of EUR 10 million) for reconstruction and expansion of the slaughterhouse.
- In the territory of the Madona Territory, Balticovo launched the first free-standing chicken coop in Latvia. 20 thousand birds will be able to take walks every day over the area of the enterprise, which occupies 8 hectares. This was reported by company representatives.
- Earlier we wrote about how to build a chicken coop with your own hands for 10 hens.
