I was on about my toddler being a pain not my husband, he's better trained!
We already have jackdaws, crows and magpies that flick mulch and poo everywhere so a couple more birds won't make much difference. Definitely having two girls as we don't want to be antisocial. The hybrid breed we're getting the girl chicks are a different colour so you can easily separate them as chicks.
I'd love to have chickens roaming around the place: but we've a fox lives on the land and I don't want to get rid of him/ her/ them, otherwise the rabbits which also live here would be out of control. I've looked after gardens in the past where the owners have chickens, they do cause damage to plants, and create dust bowls, but I loved it when they'd keep me company , but I always used to hide the worms as they're more use in the ground , than in the chicken. tee hee.
Thanks HH, we have the chicks now. They are living in our kitchen/dining area until old enough to go outside and as I'm writing one has just jumped out the trug and the other one has dropped her in it by squeaking away. They are hilarious! I've put some membrane down at the bottom of the garden and plan to cover it with a deep layer of coarse sand for scratching in. This should keep their nails trim and stop them getting waterlogged on our clay soil. Also got 10 meters of plastic mesh to make them temporary enclosures round the garden to stop them totally destroying one area.
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Hmmm yes. I thought the A4 space was in the old ones! Anyway, I shall continue to buy only free-range, when my friends' hens don't oblige.
And YUM, David
Yes, I think publicity has been somewhat misleading
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
As always
I was on about my toddler being a pain not my husband, he's better trained!
We already have jackdaws, crows and magpies that flick mulch and poo everywhere so a couple more birds won't make much difference. Definitely having two girls as we don't want to be antisocial. The hybrid breed we're getting the girl chicks are a different colour so you can easily separate them as chicks.
my daughter has chickens and they roam the garden but there are no flowers just a dust bowl but she loves them just the same.
I'd love to have chickens roaming around the place: but we've a fox lives on the land and I don't want to get rid of him/ her/ them, otherwise the rabbits which also live here would be out of control. I've looked after gardens in the past where the owners have chickens, they do cause damage to plants, and create dust bowls, but I loved it when they'd keep me company , but I always used to hide the worms as they're more use in the ground , than in the chicken. tee hee.
Thanks HH, we have the chicks now. They are living in our kitchen/dining area until old enough to go outside and as I'm writing one has just jumped out the trug and the other one has dropped her in it by squeaking away. They are hilarious! I've put some membrane down at the bottom of the garden and plan to cover it with a deep layer of coarse sand for scratching in. This should keep their nails trim and stop them getting waterlogged on our clay soil. Also got 10 meters of plastic mesh to make them temporary enclosures round the garden to stop them totally destroying one area.