Keeping chickens.

[Lostmeringtopaddypower]

Are they dirty animals?

As regards to hygiene, like?
Would they shite a lot?

Could you keep a couple in the back garden for fresh eggs?

And do they require a rooster to keep them happy in the love/protection department?

I know zero about live chickens.

I like eggs, though.

 

[Proinsias]

Don't do it without good lubrication.

 

[hiawatha]

Are they dirty animals?

As regards to hygiene, like?
Would they shite a lot?

Could you keep a couple in the back garden for fresh eggs?

And do they require a rooster to keep them happy in the love/protection department?

I know zero about live chickens.

I like eggs, though.

They're dirty enough auld feckers alright, in terms of shite-production. If you have a garden then it's rather good fertiliser (after a bit of composting).

No need for rooster, plus if you're in the city he'd likely cause hassle with neighbours being woken at dawn. A well secured roosting area where they can hop up off the ground and a bit of ground to scratch around in is all they need really.

 

[Lostmeringtopaddypower]

Don't do it without good lubrication.

Do you have to grease them up for the eggs to come out?

What kinda lube are we talking about?

 

[Lostmeringtopaddypower]

They're dirty enough auld feckers alright, in terms of shite-production. If you have a garden then it's rather good fertiliser (after a bit of composting).

No need for rooster, plus if you're in the city he'd likely cause hassle with neighbours being woken at dawn. A well secured roosting area where they can hop up off the ground and a bit of ground to scratch around in is all they need really.

Would they eat flowers and stuff?

Could you feed them with kitchen waste?

Bones and shit? Plastic bottles and rags and stuff like that?

Are they carnivores?

 

[Proinsias]

Do you have to grease them up for the eggs to come out?

What kinda lube are we talking about?

3 in 1...

 

[Maggie 00]

Are they dirty animals?

As regards to hygiene, like?
Would they shite a lot?

Could you keep a couple in the back garden for fresh eggs?

And do they require a rooster to keep them happy in the love/protection department?

I know zero about live chickens.

I like eggs, though.

Do you have to grease them up for the eggs to come out?

What kinda lube are we talking about?

Where do you come up with these idea's ,
Anyway i'd say you'd be better to just buy your eggs less hassel and less dirt ,

 

[hiawatha]

Would they eat flowers and stuff?

Could you feed them with kitchen waste?

Bones and shit? Plastic bottles and rags and stuff like that?

Are they carnivores?

Yeah they probably would eat flowers and such, they mostly eat soft plants, seeds, insects and grubs and such.

We used to give them old spuds alright at home. I wouldn't go overboard with it. I don't think plastic and rags would be a major problem, they just wouldn't touch them I'd say.

Where do you come up with these idea's ,
Anyway i'd say you'd be better to just buy your eggs less hassel and less dirt ,

Tisn't that much hassle once you set the coop up. And fresh eggs taste absolutely savage. Though not ideal for baking I understand.

 

[Lostmeringtopaddypower]

Where do you come up with these idea's ,
Anyway i'd say you'd be better to just buy your eggs less hassel and less dirt ,

I dunno about the hassle thing.
Sometimes, there are a lot of slow people in the supermarket - not mentally slow, slow movers.
Geriatrics.

I'm a fast shopper and hate the log jams at the counter.

Having chickens would negate the need to go to the shop for eggs.

Imagine if I had everything I needed in the gaff - EXCEPT eggs.

If I had chickens, I could chill at home - safe in the knowledge that eggs will be squeezed out of a chickens bum pronto.

I could dig it.

 

[dani]

i have chickens, i had 2 chickens and 1 cock*, now just 1 chicken, the fox got the other poor thing... thats a nasty scene to clean up by the way.. :shock:
so advise would be to make sure the fencing is good, you only need a small enough space for them, make sure to move them around though once a day as they turn up the ground to shit!
they eat kitchen scraps as in cooked potato skins and bread, but i wouldnt go feeding them much else.. obviously a bag of chicken feed which is quite cheap.. you should get an egg a day per chicken so do the maths, cocks* are beautiful to look at..


*the male chicken, not the penis