Anyone done this....
Discussion
Not done it myself but I know there are a few on here that have and will be along shortly.
All I can add from what I've been told:
make sure everything is fox proof... then make double sure! (sly as fox for good reason!!)
make sure the hutches are very water tight
Dont give them water that is deep... they drown themselves in a stupidly little amount of water!
All I can add from what I've been told:
make sure everything is fox proof... then make double sure! (sly as fox for good reason!!)
make sure the hutches are very water tight
Dont give them water that is deep... they drown themselves in a stupidly little amount of water!
Alfachick said:
Keeping their own chickens in the back garden? How hard can it be....
Plus free range eggs....yummy!
My next door neighbour did it. Got a Cockerel as well that lasted three months before a fox got in when the coup was left open accidentally one evening. The eggs tasted great, the chicken even better but alas, foxes are deft capable at getting through chicken wire, barbed wire and electrified fences... Think Stalag Luft 17 meets Chicken run and you get some idea of the security needed to keep Mr Fox out.. Plus free range eggs....yummy!
and in answer to why did the chicken cross the road... the answer is badly in front of a double decker bus. Bloody funny to watch though
IranianFrog said:
Chickens start fires all the time as well. Remember that.
Right got you *note to self keep matches out of sightAre they expensive to keep i.e food and bedding.
Would not be getting a cockrell too noisy (am not a morning person)
Re the fox thing, lots of chicken wire round the run and over the roof of the run, securely fastened, and perhaps dug down into the ground 6" or so... would that be enough?
Thanks guys.
Alfachick said:
IranianFrog said:
Chickens start fires all the time as well. Remember that.
Right got you *note to self keep matches out of sightAre they expensive to keep i.e food and bedding.
Would not be getting a cockrell too noisy (am not a morning person)
Re the fox thing, lots of chicken wire round the run and over the roof of the run, securely fastened, and perhaps dug down into the ground 6" or so... would that be enough?
Thanks guys.
IranianFrog said:
Alfachick said:
IranianFrog said:
Chickens start fires all the time as well. Remember that.
Right got you *note to self keep matches out of sightAre they expensive to keep i.e food and bedding.
Would not be getting a cockrell too noisy (am not a morning person)
Re the fox thing, lots of chicken wire round the run and over the roof of the run, securely fastened, and perhaps dug down into the ground 6" or so... would that be enough?
Thanks guys.
best line ever Airbag said:
IranianFrog said:
Alfachick said:
IranianFrog said:
Chickens start fires all the time as well. Remember that.
Right got you *note to self keep matches out of sightAre they expensive to keep i.e food and bedding.
Would not be getting a cockrell too noisy (am not a morning person)
Re the fox thing, lots of chicken wire round the run and over the roof of the run, securely fastened, and perhaps dug down into the ground 6" or so... would that be enough?
Thanks guys.
I think it was fox moulder.
Edited by Roger McLittriss on Monday 22 September 00:51
I did a trial run as my wife thought it be a good side business for her.
I built a couple of runs, bought two boxs of chicks and a very big bag of chick food, antibiotics for the water etc.
My experience was that too many got killed in the feeding tray area. Some got drowned in the water trays. All in all it was not a success
I did however manage to offload the survivers at a decent loss.
Half a dozen in the garden I think would be no problem. Just don't name them
I built a couple of runs, bought two boxs of chicks and a very big bag of chick food, antibiotics for the water etc.
My experience was that too many got killed in the feeding tray area. Some got drowned in the water trays. All in all it was not a success
I did however manage to offload the survivers at a decent loss.
Half a dozen in the garden I think would be no problem. Just don't name them
Roger McLittriss said:
Airbag said:
IranianFrog said:
Alfachick said:
IranianFrog said:
Chickens start fires all the time as well. Remember that.
Right got you *note to self keep matches out of sightAre they expensive to keep i.e food and bedding.
Would not be getting a cockrell too noisy (am not a morning person)
Re the fox thing, lots of chicken wire round the run and over the roof of the run, securely fastened, and perhaps dug down into the ground 6" or so... would that be enough?
Thanks guys.
I think it was fox moulder.
Edited by Roger McLittriss on Monday 22 September 00:51
danoli777 said:
Roger McLittriss said:
Airbag said:
IranianFrog said:
Alfachick said:
IranianFrog said:
Chickens start fires all the time as well. Remember that.
Right got you *note to self keep matches out of sightAre they expensive to keep i.e food and bedding.
Would not be getting a cockrell too noisy (am not a morning person)
Re the fox thing, lots of chicken wire round the run and over the roof of the run, securely fastened, and perhaps dug down into the ground 6" or so... would that be enough?
Thanks guys.
I think it was fox moulder.
Edited by Roger McLittriss on Monday 22 September 00:51
The next one outta town.
Roger McLittriss said:
Airbag said:
IranianFrog said:
Alfachick said:
IranianFrog said:
Chickens start fires all the time as well. Remember that.
Right got you *note to self keep matches out of sightAre they expensive to keep i.e food and bedding.
Would not be getting a cockrell too noisy (am not a morning person)
Re the fox thing, lots of chicken wire round the run and over the roof of the run, securely fastened, and perhaps dug down into the ground 6" or so... would that be enough?
Thanks guys.
I think it was fox moulder.
Edited by Roger McLittriss on Monday 22 September 00:51
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