JumbleTown Ireland - View Single Post - Backyard chickens- advice please UPDATE

reebok · **Posted: 27-05-2010 , 08:49 PM** #20

Well folks, I did promise an update ...
We got our first two hens about a month ago, and as predicted, LOVE them!
We got a coop and run from donedeal.ie, and fenced off a "free range" section of the garden for them. We got a couple of red hybrids, and they very quickly got tame. we can hold them and stroke them now and they follow us around. They lay six days out of seven and the fresh eggs are delicious.
They will eat a variety of kitchen scraps, so our brown bin collection fees are decreasing!
The cats soon got over being curious, and in fact one cat sleeps in the coop during the day, not a bother to anyone! We too have a dopey boxer dog, who would probably love a good sniff of them, but to be honest is just as interested in trying to pinch their scraps or worse, eat their poo - yuk.
Yesterday we got two more hens - that's the limit, honest - but as I had been warned, they are addictive!
I didn't realize how easy they could be to look after, and how relaxing it can be to watch them. Thanks for all the advice and tips everyone.

	Posted: 27-05-2010 , 08:49 PM #20
reebok Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Celbridge, Co. Kildare Posts: 219	Update Well folks, I did promise an update ... We got our first two hens about a month ago, and as predicted, LOVE them! We got a coop and run from donedeal.ie, and fenced off a "free range" section of the garden for them. We got a couple of red hybrids, and they very quickly got tame. we can hold them and stroke them now and they follow us around. They lay six days out of seven and the fresh eggs are delicious. They will eat a variety of kitchen scraps, so our brown bin collection fees are decreasing! The cats soon got over being curious, and in fact one cat sleeps in the coop during the day, not a bother to anyone! We too have a dopey boxer dog, who would probably love a good sniff of them, but to be honest is just as interested in trying to pinch their scraps or worse, eat their poo - yuk. Yesterday we got two more hens - that's the limit, honest - but as I had been warned, they are addictive! I didn't realize how easy they could be to look after, and how relaxing it can be to watch them. Thanks for all the advice and tips everyone.