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Some large chicken breeds are excellent for the self-proprietor: the North Holland Blue, Poule de Bresse, Barnevelder, Sussex, Welsumer, Rhode Island Red,

Some excellent chicken breeds include the North Holland Blue, the Barnevelder
the Sussex, the Bielefelder, the wynandotte,

                                                                           

Keeping chickens is perhaps the most useful animal for the little natural self-supper, if not, then at least it gives you a lot of fun with the daily amount of eggs it gives you.
And chickens help you get rid of a lot of kitchen waste (food leftovers), and instead give you a good egg, a delicious piece of meat and natural manure.

To keep chickens in a more natural way, you do not need much space, chickens have to be able to walk freely outside.
There are various ways to keep your chickens as natural as possible, depending on the space you have at your disposal.

Before proceeding with the purchase of chickens, it is advisable to first read a few things about this special animal.
On this site we have selected and described a number of varieties for you, there are of course many more, but these are the varieties with which we have experience and which therefore amply meet to be kept more natural.
If you are still willing to keep chickens after all that information, then you are also sure that it is a well-considered decision.
You can now best orientate on which variety or varieties are best for you, this depends on what you want to keep them for.
Because this can be for your pleasure, the dung, the eggs that they lay, and or for the meat.
If you are a vegetarian, for example, you do not need meat, but for your vegetable garden you are happy with their manure.
There are 4 different types of chickens from which you can choose, namely: 1: Kriel chickens
2: Lay chickens
3: meat chickens
4: Lay / meat chickens
Needless to mention that of course all types of eggs.
However, a bantam chicken lays small eggs, has less meat, and gives less manure.
On the other hand, they need little space and food.
A laying hen is mainly bred to lay the amount of eggs and the size of the eggs.
That is the reason why a real product chicken will not normally grow old, just like one of the old-fashioned breeds.
We therefore advise you to make a choice from the hardened old-fashioned varieties, these are chickens that are naturally still breeding and hardened against many diseases, and can cope with our weather conditions.