Chicken keepers of the SMB

[Maxnormal]

@Skellatits cometh the hour, cometh the man.

 

[riffraff]

Cost more in feed than the price of the eggs produced.

 

[Bad_mother]

Cost more in feed than the price of the eggs produced.

when we had more hens we'd sell surplus eggs to pay for the feed.... but not now - in fact I buy eggs when they're not laying enough

 

[Swindon On Tour]

nope - I have 4 cats to take care of the rats...
had 12 hens at one point - down to 3 now... had all sorts in the past - various breeds, standard RIRs and ex-battery hens...
Love em. Cannit beat a good fresh poached egg of a morning. Been a steep learning curve mind. I've had to learn to deal with all sorts of ailments and emergencies including prolapses, eggbound, peritonitis and in one case, despatch !! (I cried while doing it)

Farm next to us has plenty.
Foxes the biggest challenge. In our garden every night which sets off the Half Labrador half Lion.

 

[Kent_Mackem]

We usually keep around 4 going at any particular time. Plenty of eggs.

 

[look out piano]

My mam used to keep them.

One of them was absolutely mint, if you went and sat on the wall it would jump up and sit next to you. Obviously looking for food and that but it was still great how tame she was.

Surprisingly they’re also vicious as fuck when it comes to cats. If you want cats to stop shitting in your garden get a few hens!

I reckon my Cat could take a Chicken mind .

 

[Mango killa]

Cost more in feed than the price of the eggs produced.

That is 100 percent true. A 25 kg bag is currently selling at £8.50 and most of the buggers are off laying now. Or if your resting them 6 quid for wheat !!

 

[Charmless Man]

I reckon my Cat could take a Chicken mind .

You’d be surprised. They spot them, get their head down and charge basically.

Cats tend to shit themselves at the sight/sound of it and scarper.

 

[look out piano]

You’d be surprised. They spot them, get their head down and charge basically.

Cats tend to shit themselves at the sight/sound of it and scarper.

I imagine some Cocks could be quite hard aye. My cat is nailz tbh, he's an indoor cat for a reason.

 

[Abu Dhabi Red and White]

Anyone got any ? Had nearly 20 at one time, now down to a slightly more manageable 10

In-box me hen.

 

[Macho]

Surprisingly they’re also vicious as fuck when it comes to cats. If you want cats to stop shitting in your garden get a few hens!

Better then lions shit?

 

[tunstall birdman]

When I fist got mine it was a pretty steep learning curve. The buggers would roost anywhere, trees, fences, anywhere up a height. These days, they get up, have a wander about the garden, then put themselves back to bed when the sun sets. Pretty low maintenance really. They shit a lot like, gallons of it.

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[Les the Scientist]

nope - I have 4 cats to take care of the rats...
had 12 hens at one point - down to 3 now... had all sorts in the past - various breeds, standard RIRs and ex-battery hens...
Love em. Cannit beat a good fresh poached egg of a morning. Been a steep learning curve mind. I've had to learn to deal with all sorts of ailments and emergencies including prolapses, eggbound, peritonitis and in one case, despatch !! (I cried while doing it)

At the moment I've got various...

Bluebell
Copper Black Maran
Legbar
Poland
Red Sussex
Cheshire Blue

 

[Jarra Dicka]

@Skellatits cometh the hour, cometh the man.

Got eggs from him a few times and they were the best Ive had.
He gave me some pastel coloured eggs one time and the yolks were really creamy

 

[Snugster]

Mrs K's Mam (no) has them. Usually has 5 but replaces them as they expire. She gets them from Lucky Hens Rescue. They're former battery chickens.

Duracell Bunnies are better.