Raising Backyard Chickens Meat Birds

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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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