The Good Life

Post by **Slatz** » Thu May 08, 2008 11:35 pm

We now have 4 chickens in the back garden.

And one is already laying one egg per day.

Thu May 08, 2008 11:58 pm

Hehe I regularly get 8 - 12 pheasants in my garden, just need to get a way of trapping them now

Do you have to do anything special with em to get them to lay every day, or do they just lay when not sat on an egg?

Post by **Claw** » Fri May 09, 2008 12:23 am

Are they a lot of work to look after?

I'm inspired...

Post by **Stocky** » Fri May 09, 2008 6:09 am

Nice one Slatz

looks like we are going to have to have a Poultry section on the forums.

Here are our 4, bought last saturday from Merrydale Poultry in Whetstone.

The black is laying an egg a day also.

Aside from the regular cleaning of the coop & making sure there is plenty of food & water there no bother to keep, now the dog is used to them they have the run of the garden in the daytime & put them selves to bed at night, we just have to ensure the door is closed & locked, just in case Mr.Fox comes calling.

Post by **Trig** » Fri May 09, 2008 10:07 am

Dont tihnk our 2 GSD's would let them live for long, plus theres already a guy on the end of our road with all sorts of farmyard animals in the backgarden n thats well annoying with all the noise

Post by **Slatz** » Fri May 09, 2008 3:06 pm

They are hardly any bother at all. No noise, other than a calming cluck, cluck.
They put themselves to bed, and the poo is great for the compost bin.

All we need to do is make sure there is plenty of water and just sit back and enjoy them footling about in the run. Haven't given them the freedom of the back garden yet, that will have to be supervised though as I want to keep them off my veggie patch.