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Edible Gardening: Part Three

April 16, 2020

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Edible Gardening: Part Three

Backyard Chickens

Learn how to raise chickens in your backyard with Maureen Breen from Philadelphia Backyard Chickens. Watch as Maureen gives us a tour of her chicken run. She will show us their space to roam, talks about their chicken feed, and explains how to protect them from predators by using chicken wire and bird netting.

If you have the appropriate yard space to provide chickens a suitable home (each require one- to two-feet of nesting space inside the coop), they can be surprisingly low maintenance! Chickens will generally produce one egg per day!  

Edible Gardening: Backyard Chickens

Edible Gardening Series: Backyard Chickens

Maureen Breen, President of Philadelphia Backyard Chickens, explains everything you need to know about raising and handling chickens right in your background.

Edible Gardening is a four part series! Read on to the fourth post on crafting raised beds.

edible gardening: part four