First Things First
No...neither our eggs nor our chickens are actually green. The eggs are brown and the chickens are black (but they do have a green sheen in the sun). We mean "green" in terms of earth friendly. Meet our Chickens! [Don't worry, when we talk about raising chickens we are talking about for egg production. Our chickens are pets and though others may choose to eat their's, we do not.]
OK, SO HOW DO WE SAVE THE EARTH WITH CHICKENS?
Front Door Food
Raising chickens allows you a food source not brought to you on a truck. Having food right outside your door saves fuel!
Organic Fertilizer
Chemical fertilizers run into streams and rivers causing algae to grow too quickly leeching oxygen from the water and killing fish. Organic fertilizers also provide better plant nutrition. Chickens "provide" earth friendly compost to fertilize your plants on a daily basis.
No Pesticides!
When you own chickens, garden pests are exterminated by a little feathered bug eating army. That means that NOT using dangerous pesticides becomes a lot easier, and I know I don't need to tell you why pesticides are bad (more on organic gardening coming soon).
Chickens love to recycle!...
You won't find them sorting your glass and plastic, but give them those ends you cut off of your broccoli spears and they will be thrilled (or that lettuce that has gone a little brown). Vegetable scraps are good for the chickens, the chickens love them, and it keeps stuff out of the landfill.
Save the Chickens!
Owning chickens means saving a few from a dreadful life on a factory farm. If you don't know what happens to chickens on factory farms click here (WARNING: don't do it shortly after or before you eat lunch). Besides being harmful to the animals factory farms are harmful to the environment.
Sustainable Lifestyle
Raising food, whether it be growing vegetables or farming, brings one closer to the earth. Respect for the earth and learning not to waste what we get from it is integral for achieving a sustainable lifestyle.
If I haven't convinced you yet...
Here are more good reasons to own chickensTry our chicken phrase crossword here!