By Guest-Writer, Ginny Chandoha
Being a chicken keeper is a daunting task if you are raising
chicks yourself for the first time. You can read every book, and look at every
chicken-related website, but it’s just like having children for the first time.
There are situations you won’t find answers to anywhere and have to come up
with your own plan of attack.
We raise our chickens ultra-organically. I say that because
we go above and beyond what is called for in organic poultry keeping rules and
regulations. While there is much discussion on feed and environment, when it
comes to what our birds will eat or drink from is considered standard, but not anything that could or
should be considered organic and non-toxic. After all, we are what we eat,
eats.
Having overcome an “incurable” autoimmune condition 8 years
ago, I am always on the alert to anything potentially toxic to my health, and
as a result, I carry that awareness into how I keep all my animals, furred and
feathered.