{"id":587,"date":"2020-02-21T20:15:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T20:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/new\/?p=587"},"modified":"2020-02-21T20:15:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T20:15:02","slug":"backyard-and-the-barnyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/new\/backyard-and-the-barnyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Backyard and the Barnyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"whiteParagraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fltlft\" src=\"http:\/\/nowthatswild.com\/fieldNotes\/images\/chicks.jpg\" alt=\"Chicks\" width=\"236\" height=\"158\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"whiteParagraph\">Many of us dream of abandoning the rat race of the city and migrating to &#8220;the country&#8221; for a more satisfying self-sustaining existence. For some, this new life includes the desire to have a few chickens pecking around the backyard or barnyard, providing us with the freshest eggs at little or no cost. 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Whether they are in the backyard or in the barnyard, raising chickens is educational and by watching them interact you will learn something about how all birds live and behave.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us dream of abandoning the rat race of the city and migrating to &#8220;the country&#8221; for a more satisfying self-sustaining existence. For some, this new life includes the desire to have a few chickens pecking around the backyard or barnyard, providing us with the freshest eggs at little or no cost. 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