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    Aug 17, 2018 4 minutes

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    My top reasons to raise chickens:

    ⋆ I never have to run to the store for eggs!
    ⋆ My chickens love me!
    ⋆ Chickens provide excellent natural pest control!
    ⋆ Pastured eggs are much more nutritious than factory-farm eggs.
    ⋆ Baby chicks are SO CUTE!!
    ⋆ Mean roosters still taste great!
    ⋆ You feel a real connection with the food cycle.
    ⋆ It is a wonderful learning experience to share with the children in your life!
    ⋆ Chickens provide better entertainment than the television!
    ⋆ With a flock of chickens, I am one step closer to food independence!

    —Heather Jackson in “Top 10 Reasons to

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