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Cheers everyone, TOR I have decided what chickens I want, they will be in a closed pen as we are out in the sticks a bit and back onto woodland, we often get foxes around here, I shall add some pics to the photo page once I have my babies. I can't wait I'm so excited lol.

Gillie XX

Young man goes to work at a "Poultry Farm" the owner said,I give you one week to sort out the different types and names of the birds. After two days he went to the boy and asked him the type of bird he was looking after,he said ,I don,t know.The owner put his finger into the Parsons Nose,Smelt it and said Rhode Island Red,You,ll have to do better than that.This went on for three more days and each time the boy was wrong and the owner every time put his finger to the Parsons Nose and told him what kind it was,then said to him,I don,t know ,You,re not much good are you? What Kind of lad are you? The boy Dropped his trousers and said,If you,re so Bl--dy Clever,Find Out. **M**>:o))>.

Gillie

I have 4 chickens (breed Warren).

They live in an ark but that is inside a bigger fenced area.

Reason for ark is where I live we have a lot of foxes and badgers so I only let chickens into bigger (unroofed) area when I am around.

Got my ark from ayside poultry (sorry don't have website to hand but should be easy enough to google.

In addition to kitchen scraps I also put used chicken shells into a low oven and then smash up and add to feed as a source of calcium (cheaper then buying oyster grit)

Give me a shout if you want further info.

T.O.R. ;o))

Hi Gillie,

We have chickens at work think there's about 15 of them. We have different breeds and a cockerel, they all get on fine. We collect 6-8 eggs daily.

They have a run with a kind of shed in it which they can roost and lay their eggs.

Nikki

And they eat kitchen scraps too................at home, on the farm, we had chicken.................strangely they refused to eat the cakes I made at school!?!

xx

Nudge

I really wanted to get some Marans or Black Rock, in fact as long as they are good layers and the eggs are brown I'm not really that worried, I do know some chickens are big eaters and not such big producers.

I have a large garden, 70ft by 60ft, so plenty of room, I used to have a couple of ducks as pets for the lads when they were little, both of the ducks laid daily for me.

Gillie XX

Gillie

Wait for TOR she has chickens, so she may be able to help you

Sxx

I love chickens....................fresh laid eggs are wonderful.

Our garden is far too small to keep any though..................what type are you getting?

xx

If you do,
what breed are they and what sort of run/house do you keep them in?
I am thinking of getting some chickens, I know what breed I want and where I want them.
I will probably have about 4/6 but I'm not having a cockerel.

Gillie XX