[Misc] Anyone keep chickens? WTAF did I agree to it?

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

That, my dear sir, is exactly the analogy I shall henceforth use when describing the lengths to which I’ve gone to keep predators and rodents out. Brilliant!

Would you say you're enjoying having hens more than when you started the thread?

 

[AmexRuislip]

I hadn’t realised you were actually going today; we should have had a beer together. Yes, it was fantastic - we came away with a dozen plants and bought a sculpture which we’re expecting to be delivered any minute. Did you enjoy?

The run is hand built from scratch. The coop is this one (with the addition of auto opening and closing doors):

Long-Legged Maggie's Dozen Hen House

Maggie's Dozen Hen House, made in Dorset by Flyte so Fancy. Traditional timber chicken house with long legs - elevated to rise above the hustle and bustle of the garden.

www.flytesofancy.co.uk

Yes we went this morning, straight to cafe for fab cake and tea, gotta get in early as queues are horrendous .
Always enjoy going there, as it's a beautiful place to visit.
The house has a lot of history, priest holes and tunnels for starters, no euphemism intended
We're going to the dahlia festival later on in August, that's very good

 

[LamieRobertson]

Blimey. Your cock can reach your knee.

I never knew this was unusual

 

[Goldstone1976]

Would you say you're enjoying having hens more than when you started the thread?

Yep! Yet again, the good doctor her indoors was right.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Yep! Yet again, the good doctor her indoors was right.

Missed this thread when it started….well done on your venture …a customer of mine had chickens and i spent half the time of my scheduled visits trying to recapture the fekers….your henhouse/enclosure look top notch …have to say i wasnt keen on clipping their wings either..or cleaning out the muck….however the eggs were definitely far tastier than those i bought

 

[TomandJerry]

We are expecting around 10 new born baby chicks/roosters over the next 2/3 days.

Managed to get a rooster added to the flock about 2 months ago.

Exciting times ahead!

 

[Chicken Run]

We are expecting around 10 new born baby chicks/roosters over the next 2/3 days.

Managed to get a rooster added to the flock about 2 months ago.

Exciting times ahead!

Are you Goldstone’s other half

Or other account

 

[TomandJerry]

Are you Goldstone’s other half

Or other account

I'm myself, no relation to Goldstone

Thought I'd post here instead of making a new thread

 

[Chicken Run]

I'm myself, no relation to Goldstone

Thought I'd post here instead of making a new thread

Any chance of some pix of your chix?

 

[TomandJerry]

Any chance of some pix of your chix?

These are the eggs in the incubator (difficult to get a good picture)

 

[OzMike]

I don't like it when neighbours get chickens here, it can be a dangerous game.
Chickens attract mice and rats, who then attract snakes. There is only one snake over here that is non venomous, the rest will kill you, we have to be more vigilant now.
I get my eggs from a farmshop up the road, all organic and just $5 a dozen, that is about 2.50 in your money.
We take an empty box and they get filled from trays.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I don't like it when neighbours get chickens here, it can be a dangerous game.

I'd say they are poultry and not particularly threatening

 

[Goldstone1976]

These are the eggs in the incubator (difficult to get a good picture)

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Nice. Good luck with the chicks!

What breed of hen lays the speckled brown egg in the foreground. Very pretty egg.

 

[TomandJerry]

Nice. Good luck with the chicks!

What breed of hen lays the speckled brown egg in the foreground. Very pretty egg.

It's from a Maran Hybrid, I have a better picture of the eggs

 

[aberllefenni]

An irony you may already be aware of, chicken feed isn't that cheap,

 

[Blues Guitarist]

Any chance of some pix of your chix?

Are chix pix allowed here?

 

[TomandJerry]

An irony you may already be aware of, chicken feed isn't that cheap,

£9.25 for 20kg is cheap

All depends what quality of feed you use.

 

[Superphil]

£9.25 for 20kg is cheap

All depends what quality of feed you use.

Don’t chickens just eat bugs and grubs and their own shit?

 

[TomandJerry]

Don’t chickens just eat bugs and grubs and their own shit?

Chickens need pellets to have a balanced diet - optimal nutrients to be able to grow and produce eggs, otherwise you'll have a very high death rate

 

[TomandJerry]

Welcome into the fold, the first of 10 hopefully!