People love keeping backyard chickens for many reasons–they provide you with fresh eggs daily, they are great for companionship, and they are an important part of sustainable living. Keeping backyard chickens can also be very beneficial to your garden; they’ll gobble up bugs and pests as well as scratch and dig up weeds as well as keep you well-furnished with fertilizer year-round. Talk about a productive pet! With that being said, your hens won’t lay eggs forever, and as the