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Getting Started: 3 Other Reasons To Raise Chickens
There are more reasons to keep chickens than just eggs, including for conservation, competition and even companionship!
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Believe it or not, egg production is not the only reason people raise chickens. For some flock owners, fresh eggs are just a tasty and profitable bonus. If you are positive you want to keep chickens but are not sure why, perhaps one or more of the following reasons is right for you.
Conservation
Several pure breeds are endangered some of them critically. The Livestock Conservancy keeps careful track of poultry and other domesticated animals whose numbers have dwindled to precariously low levels.
Pekin bantam from Castletown exhibitor rules the roost in virtual poultry and waterfowl show By Alan Hendry Published: 19:32, 27 January 2021
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Best in show (shown by Michael Thomson).
A black Pekin female bantam from a Castletown exhibitor took the overall honours in an online show held by the North of Scotland Poultry and Waterfowl Club.
Along with many other agricultural gatherings up and down the country, the club s annual event had to be cancelled because of the Covid-19 restrictions. In its absence, club members held a virtual competition using photos taken of all the section winners from the 2013 to 2019 shows.