Homemade Boredom Buster Brick For Chickens

“Raising chickens is one of my favorite parts of homesteading.  I never could have imagined the different personalities that each of my “ladies” would have and how much I would enjoy them!

I try to take care of them as well as I can and that means keeping them happy and healthy.  Recently I’ve been trying to counteract a bit of a feather picking problem with two of my oldest hens.  I’m upping their protein but I think part of the problem may be boredom.

I began researching this topic and learned that one great way to prevent boredom and cannibalism is to give them something fun and interesting to peck at – enter the boredom buster brick!…”

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In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...

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