GRIT Country Skills Series

Why You Should Be Letting Your Chickens OUT

hen I was growing up, the man who lived across the street would, every morning, go down to his chicken coop and let all of his chickens out for the day. They spent the day outside, coming and going from the coop as they pleased. Every evening, he went down to the coop and made sure they were all up for the night. He raised and sold both chicks and eggs and had about

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