Ok, I'm really seriously considering keeping chickens but I keep to-ing and fro-ing and have a tendency to overthink things... so I need some of you with real-life experience to help me decide.
I need your opinions on the good and the bad of having chickens, and whether my expections are realistic. Aspects I think I would enjoy:
the fresh eggs
the 'company' in the garden (we have a largeish garden and I would let them free-range a bit, especially if I was knocking about in the garden)
looking after the birds (the only other pets we have are fish!)
But some of the things which I have reservations about:
Rats - are they a certainty?
Early mornings - do you have to get up at stupid o'clock in the summer?
The smell - will my garden become a less pleasant place to sit??
FWIW I would plan to keep them in a fixed run in one of my borders, rather than moving around the grass. There is a gap in the planting along the back wall and it's getting to the point now where I either need to fill it with shrubs or chooks - I want to make a decision so I can get on with it!
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BaryMerry · 16/02/2016 10:45
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