Chickens

I have now officially been a chicken keeper for a little over 3 months and it's safe to say I am the proud owner of 4 of the most spoilt, pampered little hens in Dorset! The main reason for my decision to adopt some chickens was of course for tasty fresh eggs every day, but my girls have become great pets (so much so that the dog has become jealous of them!) and eggs are just a tasty bonus. There are some things to consider before getting chickens. As with any animal they need looking after, but overall they are simple to care for and they don't need as much space as you might think. Here is a list of the main things a chicken needs to be happy and ...  Read the complete review

Well ruffle my feathers, if someone told me a few years ago that i would be addicted to keeping chickens i would have laughed at them. Over the last few years more and more people are now keeping a few chickens in the back garden for pets and for the eggs, which to be honest beat the supermarket bought eggs hands down anyday. I honestly think that the Recession/Depression has also encourage more people to own their own chickens too. The chicken seems to be taking over from the rabbit as a general outside pet. Chickens are quite easy to keep and once you have bought or made their coop and run, they are quite cheap to keep ...  Read the complete review

This is my recent chicken experience.... Just recently i have had the pleasure of hatching chicks with my class at school. I have to say what a fantastic experience it was and if you ever get the chance to do it go for it! The eggs arrived at day 19 (2 days before they were due to hatch). Already at this stage they had began to rock and we could hear churping! Overnight one of the eggs had cracked and by 10 o clock the following morning it had hatched. A wet, rather tired chicken emerged to a sea of smiling childrens faces. It took him just 15 mins to fluff up and begin wandering around, albeit in a drunken fashion! Over the ...  Read the complete review

Living in an inner-city, urban environment, a chicken wasn't the most obvious choice of pet, but I bought one anyway and put it in an adapted rabbit hutch in the garden. Over the next few years I came to regret the purchase, but my wife fell in love with Maggie as we called her, so it wasn't all bad. In my opinion, these are the things to look out for when thinking about getting a chicken as a pet: 1) They poo everywhere - that's no exaggeration either. Maggie turned our garden into one big toilet, path and patio and all. This meant you couldn't hang the washing out without getting covered, and it was a daily battle to keep the place clean. The only pet that ...  Read the complete review

One fateful day a few years a go our friend turned up at the door with a big box in his hands. He came in and explained that he had a present for us and when we opened the lid, there sat two nervous young chickens! After trying to convince him that we couldn't possibly take them as we didn't have any where for them to live, we gave in and went out inot the back garden to try and figure out a home for them. That very afternoon we turned an old rabbit hutch into a lovely chicken coup and our new pets had the run of the garden. We had our chickens for quite a few years and it wasn't until we moved house that we had to give them up as our land lady didn't want us to have ...  Read the complete review