too many children are spending far too much time looking at tiny screen. And it behooves

them to, you know, just like we want to get our chickens outdoors, we want to get our

children outdoors out into the open out into nature. And it's amazing networks and processes.

And one way to draw them into that is to get them involved in this project of keeping

a group of chickens in the backyard. And they will be learning far more about natural

life and natural processes that way than they will ever learn from looking at tiny screens.

From the Weston A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast for Wise Traditions

in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts. We are your source for scientific knowledge and

traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health.

Hey, Hilda here. What does it take to raise chickens in the backyard? Is it hard? And what

is the payoff in addition to delicious and nutritious fresh eggs? This is episode 378

and our guest today is Harvey Acery. Harvey is an experienced farmer and the author of

the small scale poultry flock. Today, you have a front row seat in this backyard chickens

101 class. Harvey covers the ins and outs of what it takes to have backyard chickens,

including how to get started, understanding your county's regulations, how to source

your chicks, the kind of shelter they need, how to avoid chicken coop stink and more.

He discusses feed and the importance of allowing chickens to roam about and feast on earthworms,

slugs and snails, since they are omnivores after all. In some, he makes a great and entertaining

case for giving backyard chickens a go. This is our fourth episode in the Resilience

series of the podcast. Before we dive into the conversation, I want to invite you to

become a member of the Weston A Price Foundation. I'm telling you the time is now. It's important

to join hands with like-minded community to create the kind of world we want to live

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