10 Tips on Raising Chickens for Meat

Pioneering Today

Melissa K Norris

Cookingfromscratch, Oldfashionedliving, Selfsufficiency, Home & Garden, Gardening, Heirloomseeds, Homesteading, Growyourownfood, Education, Survival, Pioneeringtoday, Leisure, How To

4.9 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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What you need to know to raise chickens for meat, including what breed is best, where to purchase, how much food they need, butcher age, and what you need to do differently with meat birds to avoid early death or leg problems. Links and resources at https://melissaknorris.com/256 Snag your free seat in my newest live class here How to Plan Your Crops & Harvest for a Year's Worth of Food

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0:00.0	If you want to learn how to use herbs medicinally and not only medicinally but also grow them,
0:06.4	I can think of little else that gets me excited as knowing I can literally grow our medicine right outside our back door, then you, my friend, are going to want to make
0:16.2	sure that you are registered and signed up for our herbal summer series. This is completely free, though you definitely could charge for it because it is
0:28.2	packed with information. Once you sign up starting in August, every week you are going to get an email from me going over my top 10 favorite herbs.
0:40.0	Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb,
0:47.8	but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
0:56.9	We go through all of the cautions, the medicinal properties, and its uses.
1:02.1	So when you get done done you will have in your pocket and hopefully by
1:06.2	that point in your medicine cabinet my favorite top 10 herbs to always have at the ready. Go to Melissa K Norris.com forward slash
1:18.2	summer herb and make sure that you get registered. Summer school is in session and it has never been better.
1:25.6	Welcome to episode number 256.
1:29.6	I'm going to be sharing with you today my tips and how we raise our meat chickens.
1:37.6	I asked a few episodes back if this would be an episode you guys would be interested in and oh my goodness did I get a resounding yes you
1:46.4	definitely were interested in learning how to raise your own chickens for meat.
1:53.0	Specifically, that was on episodes.
1:56.0	So if you haven't listened to that for our overall food production plan that includes livestock
2:01.0	and raising different types of animals for meat.
2:04.0	Then you can check out episode number 252 after you listen to this episode.
2:10.0	Welcome to the Pioneering Today Podcast. I'm your host, Melissa K Norris, author of three books, best-selling, including my newest book The Family Garden Plan, how to raise and grow a year's worth of food. I share with you how to be
2:27.4	homegrown and homemade. I'm a fifth generation homesteader and we've been raising
2:32.1	100% of our own meat and over 75% of our own fruits and vegetables for many many years here on our homestead.
2:40.0	So I'm excited to get to share with you how we do that and the tips so that you can apply it for where you are at.
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