Raising backyard chickens for meat provides you with hormone and chemical free meat. It's also an excellent way to improve your self-sustainability.
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In today's episode we'll discuss what it takes to raise your own meat birds including:
- The difference between laying hens and meat birds
- Where to get meat birds
- How long it takes for meat birds to reach maturity
- Step by step of butchering
- Cost breakdown
- Where to rent butchering equipment
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