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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Thomas Rutter

All you need to know about keeping chickens – a comprehensive guide to caring for hens in your backyard

Chicken feeding in a sunny garden in spring.

Keeping chickens has long been popular with gardeners. In recent years, hosting chickens in backyards has risen in popularity, with more and more people embracing the good life. After all, who wouldn't enjoy fresh eggs produced a few feet away from the kitchen?

If you are new to this, keeping chickens is not just for countryside or rural dwellers. Indeed, you can keep hens in urban areas, too – just check if there are no restrictions regarding keeping poultry in the state or area where you live.

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