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I have this burning desire to keep a couple of chooks. Just two (I think)
This past few days I've spent looking into the subject, but I need some real people's thoughts so here's our situation.
Our garden is in a smallish village, with other houses behind us. It's walled in completely, and nothing can get through the gate. I've never known foxes in the village, but then I've not looked for them. We've got 11 cats though.
We've got enough grass room to have an ark with a 7ft by 4ft floor space, and keep it circulating around the garden four times - so if we move the ark every fornight the first plot has 6 weeks to recover itself before the ark goes back to that plot.
We don't go away much (we should be so lucky) and there would always be some one here to feed/water/put to bed the chooks.
We have a chicken specialist place about 4 miles away, for food supplies etc. Our usual vet has avian training.
So, advice please! Am I completely mad even to contemplate chookies? What else should I take into consideration/have I forgotten?
Jules
This past few days I've spent looking into the subject, but I need some real people's thoughts so here's our situation.
Our garden is in a smallish village, with other houses behind us. It's walled in completely, and nothing can get through the gate. I've never known foxes in the village, but then I've not looked for them. We've got 11 cats though.
We've got enough grass room to have an ark with a 7ft by 4ft floor space, and keep it circulating around the garden four times - so if we move the ark every fornight the first plot has 6 weeks to recover itself before the ark goes back to that plot.
We don't go away much (we should be so lucky) and there would always be some one here to feed/water/put to bed the chooks.
We have a chicken specialist place about 4 miles away, for food supplies etc. Our usual vet has avian training.
So, advice please! Am I completely mad even to contemplate chookies? What else should I take into consideration/have I forgotten?
Jules
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