How to Buy a Chicken
Buying and raising your own chicken as a pet, or for food purposes, provides a rewarding experience. If you take care of your chickens, you can harvest delicious farm-fresh eggs on a daily basis, or breed them for meat. Even outside of farming purposes, many people buy chickens to keep them as pets, and even train them for contests and competitions. You can choose between several different types of chicken breeds, each varying in size and color.
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Find out if your city government allows residents to own and raise chickens. Some states and counties do not allow people to raise chickens and livestock for farming purposes.
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Determine if you're going to buy a chicken for eggs, chicks or for meat. If you want eggs, purchase any size and breed of hen chickens. You need only a hen chicken to produce eggs. If you want only meat, purchase eight pound rooster chickens. If you want chicks, or to breed the chickens for more meat, purchase eight pound roosters and any size hen.
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Visit a farm animal feed supply store, such as Farm and Fleet. Purchase chicks, or a chicken, in person at the store. You can also order chickens from the feed supply store for delivery to your home.
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Order live chickens from poultry hatcheries on the Internet, such as IdealPoultry.com. Compare available chicken stock, prices and delivery expense. You can order chicks for delivery directly to your home, or pick them up at the post office.
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Tips & Warnings
Buy hens without roosters if you want only eggs. The rooster chicken fertilizes eggs layed by hens, preventing egg consumption.
Purchase only hen chickens if you must keep the noise level down. Rooster chickens make their call every morning, which might disturb neighbors in a residential neighborhood.
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