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Sandy Brown . . . The Chicken Lady Born/raised in Oregon Favorite HS Subject: Biology Retired RN Began raising chickens after a life crisis Owns/operates Rancho Arroyo, Happy Hens, Wholesome Harvest.

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Sandy Brown . . . The Chicken Lady

  • Born/raised in Oregon
  • Favorite HS Subject:

Biology

  • Retired RN
  • Began raising chickens

after a life crisis

  • Owns/operates Rancho

Arroyo, “Happy Hens, Wholesome Harvest”.

  • Named by my

grandchildren as “Farmer Grandma Sandy”

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Chicken Math (is usually multiplication) Start with 15 hens and a few eggs/day Now 50 hens plus guineas and turkeys

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How Many Hens Do You Need?

Spring, Summer, early Fall # of chickens X .66% # of eggs / day Winter # of chickens X .50% (or less) # of eggs / day

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Challenges: Feed wastage My hen’s diet: better than organic without paying the organic

  • price. It is pasture bugs and greens supplemented with a peanut

based, non-gmo, non-soy, non-medicated feed from Texas Natural Feeds, a GoTexan company.

  • 1. The hens “bill” food out of feeders
  • 2. Wild birds eat as much feed as the hens
  • 3. Rats and mice feed at night

Solutions:

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Challenges: Predators

  • 1. Stalkers
  • 2. Flyers
  • 3. Diggers
  • 4. Two legged

Solutions:

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Challenges: Heat Anatomy of chickens and other poultry

  • combs and waddles
  • no sweat glands
  • some breeds more tolerant of heat

Solutions:

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Challenges: Cold Anatomy of chickens and other poultry

  • Feather fluffing
  • Huddle together
  • Some breeds more tolerant of cold

Solutions:

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Challenges: Broody hens

  • Don’t lay eggs when broody
  • Don’t take care of themselves
  • Some breeds more prone to being

broody Solutions:

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Challenges: Sickness and injuries

  • Fowl pox
  • Respiratory illness
  • Trauma

Solutions:

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Resources

  • Avian Vets: Dr Kelly Macmanus (Valley Animal Hospital- Pharr,
  • n poultry board at Mercedes Stock Show, excellent teacher). Dr.

Kathryn Dittman, DVM (Altas Palmas Animal Clinic)

  • Facebook groups: Poultry Natural Living and Herbal Care,

Raising Chickens Naturally

  • Youtube: Justin Rhodes, John Suscovich (Farm Marketing

Solutions)

  • Websites: www.the-chicken-chick.com, Moonlight Mile Herb

Farm (natural herbal medicines specifically for poultry), www. Themodernhomestead.us (article- Using the clan mating system: low-input breeding for maximum genetic diversity in small flocks)

  • Magazines: Backyard Poultry, Chickens, Hobby Farms Guide to

Chicken Breeds

  • Books and DVD’s: The Chicken Health Handbook ( Gail

Damerow), Permaculture Chickens, (DVD with printable notebook by Justin Rhodes, abundant permaculture.com), How To Raise Chickens (Christine Heinrichs), Hatching and Brooding Your Own Chicks (Gail Damerow)

  • Supplies: MacMurry Hatchery, Randall Burkey Company, Premier

One Poultry Supplies, Stromberg’s Chicks and Game Birds Unlimited

  • Hatcheries: Ideal Poultry (Cameron, Texas), MacMurry Hatchery,

My Pet Chicken, Stromberg’s