Chickens Reviews

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 ...  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. ...  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 ...  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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

Well, obviously, I didn't lay it, one of my hens did. I am, however, taking some credit since it was me that built their house, furnished it (straw and wood shavings) and fed them all the lovely things that they're turning into eggs! I've had my four hens just over four weeks now and am absolutely thrilled to get the first egg. I have ...  Read the complete review

To those of you who read my review on eggs, here is the next instalment. I'm now the happy owner of four gorgeous chickens. They are eighteen weeks old and I've had them a week. They've established a pecking order already and their personalities are all different. I have an amber rocket, a golden rocket, a black comet and a coral white. ...  Read the complete review

Chickens are great to have, both as pets and for the self sufficiency they bring. What most people don't realise is that aslong as you have land in some form, you can pretty much guarantee you'll be able to keep chickens, even if it means getting a really small breed like a dutch, a sebright or a serama (google these breeds if that means nothing ...  Read the complete review

I am not a big chicken fan apart from when its part of my Sunday roast. However, upon moving to the country my mum decided to turn her garden into something that strongly resembles 'The Good Life'. With various vegetable patches and a herb garden, the next logical step was apparently chickens!! Purchasing the ...  Read the complete review

We had an old shed in our garden which our daughters wanted us to turn into a chicken coup! So we went and bought 4 black rock chicks. The girls have named them Eyelash, Twinkle, Cookie and Sophie, although we dont know which one is which! They took around 4 months to start laying for us and I have to say the eggs they lay ...  Read the complete review

Now you might be surprised to hear that chickens are one animal I currently do not have. This is due to that fact that there is not enough room in my back garden to keep them. So why am I writing a review in Chickens then? That’s because up until three years ago, I lived in the countryside with my parents and they do have chickens. Also, whenever ...  Read the complete review

My husband’s new name for me is Tweedy, as in Mrs. from the film ‘Chicken Run’. I’m really not as cruel as her but I called 3 of our chickens Kentucky, Kiev and Nugget, just to keep them on their toes, (do chickens have toes?), anyway, a bit of background first. At the bottom of my garden is a paddock, approx 2 ...  Read the complete review

Six months ago, I was washing up after a bout of cake making when a large truck appeared outside the kitchen window. It was loaded with crates but I couldn't quite see what was inside them without having a really gawp and to be honest I hate to look like a nosey parker (even though I secretly am one!). Anyway the driver stopped at our ...  Read the complete review

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They say that laughing is good for you – and if you keep chickens you’ll often chuckle at their antics (and shed some tears, too). We have kept chickens for 5 years now. I am very lucky and live in the country, with a large garden. The previous owners left us a hen house, and it seemed natural to think about getting some hens ...  Read the complete review

Yeah, weird huh? It is true though, a chicken can be a really great pet. Ture, they are not as smart as a dog, or even a cockateil, but don't let that bother you. At my High School we keep chickens as pets. We built a hen house and an outdoor pen for them from materials donated from local hardware stores. The chicks we received ...  Read the complete review

When people think of chickens, the normal brown hen comes to mind. But there are so many other breeds of chicken out there, and they do make good pets. Fancy bantams are the best type if you are looking to have chickens as pets. The range of species is extremely diverse. Private breeders will have many types for sale. These smaller ...  Read the complete review

The two phrases chicken house and bare garden inevitably go together if you have imaculate borders full of tender little plants! Chickens just love tender new plants, they are so much easier to push out of the way to get at the snails and worms than big hard shrubs. My tip would be that if you have a small imaculate garden forget chickens. ...  Read the complete review

Fresh, home produced eggs are much tastier and yellower than any shop bought ones but they come at a price. On a rather mad impulse we bought a chicken 'kit' from The Domestic Fowl Trust at Honeybourne nr. Evesham (whom I would thoroughly recommend if you do want to keep chickens or ducks or any other domestic fowl for that ...  Read the complete review