You CAN Raise Meat Chickens (And Actually Go Through With It!) [Podcast]

If you've always wanted to raise meat chickens, but aren't sure you can actually go through with it, then this week's podcast is for you.   In this session of What The Cluck?! we talk all about how we raise meat chickens on our homestead and harvest sustainable meat.   (Want to raise a sustainable flock? I can help! Check out my new book, Chickens: Naturally Raising A Sustainable Flock on Amazon!)   Once you have a certain mindset, and using some tips in the podcast you'll learn how to do it, you can easily start to raise meat chickens on your farm.   You'll learn: The breeds I recommend if you're scared to raise meat birds How to handle the emotions (with practical advice) The ONE TOOL you should always have on hand (and why it's terrible to be without it) Why I recommend raising roosters instead of hens for meat (and it's not necessarily what you think)   READ NEXT: MAKE YOUR OWN ORGANIC CHICKEN FEED   Links we discuss: 10 Tips For Raising Meat Birds Cheat Sheet   LIKE THIS PODCAST? LISTEN TO THE REST HERE! Transcript: Hi there, and welcome to session 18 of What the Cluck?!, a podcast devoted to keeping chickens for fun and self-sufficiency.   I’m Maat from FrugalChicken, and in this episode we’ll talk about how to raise meat chickens, and getting started raising a flock you can later harvest for food.   So, we’ll cover different chickens and their advantages, when it comes to breeds, there’s a couple things to take into consideration, and we’ll get to that, how to approach the emotions about raising meat chickens, and what you’ll need to be successful.   We’ll also talk a bit about the whys, meaning why raise meat chickens at all, and some of the more difficult aspects of raising meat chickens.   This will be a valuable episode that’s full of advice you can use today. Just as a reminder, you can get this episodes show notes at TheFrugalChicken.com/Podcast18, that’s podcast one eight.   So stay with me!   So first, let’s talk about t