Anyone got chickens??

saraendepity · Aug 8th, 2009, 08:48 AM

dont know if this is the place to post this....feel free to move it if needed admin....

i'm looking into getting a couple of chickens for the garden.....just wondering if anyone has any and where i can get info on keeping themetc.. i really want to get ones who've lived in battery and give them a nicer life with us!! any advice will be really greatly apreciated!!

sara

xxxxxxxxx

marley2580 · Aug 8th, 2009, 09:21 AM

We're thinking of getting some. Have a look here http://www.omlet.co.uk/homepage/homepage.php

alio · Aug 8th, 2009, 17:29 PM

hi,

i have chickens... you need good layers like warrens or black rocks. approx 200-250 eggs per year.

ex battery hens can stop laying relatively quickly. bear in mind that chickens only have limited eggs in them and stop laying after approx 18 months. then you choose whether to kill them for eating or just keep them.

ex battery hens can also be quite hard to find ironically!

pm me if you need any advice....

don't forget grit to harden the shells!! x

HannahGraceee · Aug 8th, 2009, 17:58 PM

I used to have them when i was younger & i loved them

Missy · Aug 18th, 2009, 07:01 AM

Sara,
Definitely ex-bats. I'm looking to get some too when my garden is sorted!!
This link might be useful

http://www.bhwt.org.uk/adopt_some_hens.php

Let me know how you get on

mrscookie · Aug 18th, 2009, 15:50 PM

I had one chicken, lol. Her name was Rainbow and she was a bantam chicken. She was a layer of double yolks, I don't even know it was possible! Anyway, she did stop laying but she was a pet and I loved her so much. She lived in the garden, in a rabbit hutch linked to a chicken run my dad made, so she could come and go into her bed as she pleased, and I would go down and open the door on her run so she could peck around the garden.
I gave her this chicken feed I got from the local corn stores animal feed shop, and fine grit too, of which she liked to sit in a bucket of and peck at lol. She ate slugs and snails around the garden, and loved dry mud baths, she would go to the flower borders, pull flowers out and roll her feathers in the dusty mud. She did get fleas once, but I had her de flea'd fairly easily.
All in all, a fantastic pet who I loved dearly. I was devistated when I lost her.

*thumbs up*

Mrs Poppy · Aug 18th, 2009, 22:06 PM

Hi hun, I've got 3 chickens. They are very easy to look after and fresh free range eggs taste gorgeous. And they eat all the snails in the garden too! I got loads of info on the internet before I got mine and a couple of books from the library. We've got rhode island red hybrids and they are brill layers!

Vici · Aug 19th, 2009, 03:37 AM

I lived on a farm all my life and 1 thing i would say is don't get cockrels, they will slowly drive you insane!!

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saraendepity Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Co Durham Posts: 6,500	Anyone got chickens?? dont know if this is the place to post this....feel free to move it if needed admin.... i'm looking into getting a couple of chickens for the garden.....just wondering if anyone has any and where i can get info on keeping themetc.. i really want to get ones who've lived in battery and give them a nicer life with us!! any advice will be really greatly apreciated!! sara xxxxxxxxx

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Aug 8th, 2009, 09:21 AM	#2
marley2580 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Forfar Posts: 6,100	We're thinking of getting some. Have a look here http://www.omlet.co.uk/homepage/homepage.php

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alio Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,942	hi, i have chickens... you need good layers like warrens or black rocks. approx 200-250 eggs per year. ex battery hens can stop laying relatively quickly. bear in mind that chickens only have limited eggs in them and stop laying after approx 18 months. then you choose whether to kill them for eating or just keep them. ex battery hens can also be quite hard to find ironically! pm me if you need any advice.... don't forget grit to harden the shells!! x

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HannahGraceee Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Farnborough Posts: 13,219	I used to have them when i was younger & i loved them

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Missy Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 425	Sara, Definitely ex-bats. I'm looking to get some too when my garden is sorted!! This link might be useful http://www.bhwt.org.uk/adopt_some_hens.php Let me know how you get on

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mrscookie Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 5,297	I had one chicken, lol. Her name was Rainbow and she was a bantam chicken. She was a layer of double yolks, I don't even know it was possible! Anyway, she did stop laying but she was a pet and I loved her so much. She lived in the garden, in a rabbit hutch linked to a chicken run my dad made, so she could come and go into her bed as she pleased, and I would go down and open the door on her run so she could peck around the garden. I gave her this chicken feed I got from the local corn stores animal feed shop, and fine grit too, of which she liked to sit in a bucket of and peck at lol. She ate slugs and snails around the garden, and loved dry mud baths, she would go to the flower borders, pull flowers out and roll her feathers in the dusty mud. She did get fleas once, but I had her de flea'd fairly easily. All in all, a fantastic pet who I loved dearly. I was devistated when I lost her. thumbs up

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Aug 18th, 2009, 22:06 PM	#7
Mrs Poppy Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Devon Posts: 244	Hi hun, I've got 3 chickens. They are very easy to look after and fresh free range eggs taste gorgeous. And they eat all the snails in the garden too! I got loads of info on the internet before I got mine and a couple of books from the library. We've got rhode island red hybrids and they are brill layers!

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Aug 19th, 2009, 03:37 AM	#8
Vici Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Suffolk Posts: 5,931	I lived on a farm all my life and 1 thing i would say is don't get cockrels, they will slowly drive you insane!!

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