I’ve been raising Dixie Rainbow Chickens for almost 3 years now and my experience has been pretty great! Here’s the rundown on everything you need to know about this hybrid, rainbow breed chicken, including Dixie Rainbow Chicken pictures.
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I originally learned of Dixie Rainbow by reading on the Backyardchickens.com website about hybrid breed chickens. I knew I wanted a laying flock and a meat flock. But why not maintain a “backup”?
If Dixie Rainbows were as great of a hybrid as I’d read, they would be the best meat chicken for our little homestead. And if they were great layers, like I’d read, then eventually I could just raise that breed.
Well, that’s exactly what ended up happening! Choosing a hybrid breed chicken allows you to have the best of both worlds, without having too many chickens running around.
One awesome characteristic of the rainbow dixie chicken is they often look totally different from each other! In fact, they’re classified as a “rainbow” because there’s no set look to them.
The standard pattern of a Dixie Rainbow is tan/brown and speckles, somewhat like this picture below.
Rotational grazing is a common practice in sustainable, large-acreage farming. The basic idea behind it is that, if farmers keep their animals moving to different grazing areas rather than permanently confined to a single paddock, they can maintain well-vegetated areas and healthier animals. Generally, this is done with succession of animals, each performing useful tasks in a carefully orchestrated sequence. Chickens are a common feature in rotational grazing be
We are all familiar with the concept of Victory Gardens, but did you realize that backyard chickens were also important in the “fight on the home front” during WWI and WWII? In fact, suburban chicken-keeping was highly encouraged! A Brief History of Backyard Chickens: During WWI and WWII, those on the home front joined the effort to win the war by doing anything they could to support the war efforts. Resources were limited, so every person was expected to do t
Your flock will tend to stay healthy if you feed them a complete formulated chicken feed. With that in mind, it can be tempting to not think twice about their nutrition beyond their feed. However, there are many different factors that affect your flock’s dietary needs at different times, whether it be the food they eat or environmental factors. Learning how to recognize nutritional deficiencies, and how to avoid them, is essential for keeping your flock healthy and happy! What is a Nut
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