Hi. I'm from Greece but doing business in the UK for 15 years now. My passionate hobby is collecting most of the chicken and pheasant breeds. I travel all over europe and finds the best speciments of each breed. My farm in Greece has almost any chicken breed you' ve heard and some you may not. I'm interested to know how you all Brits friends manage your flocks. Regards Christos
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chrismahon
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Hi Chalky and welcome to the forum. Amazing quest you have. We have a problem here keeping the fluffier breeds cool in Summer and one keeper I have contacted (she has 400 chickens plus numerous rabbits) keeps all hers in a large (600 square metres floor) stone barn and uses a big mobile industrial fan in Summer to move the air around. How do you cope in Greece with the heat?
Because of all the predators here, the biggest problem being stray dogs, we keep ours in a 6 foot high chicken wire enclosure. The enclosure is subdivided to form smaller areas and each flock has a coop and run within one of these areas. The walkways between are used as a run for Transylvanian Naked Neck hens -they have no cockerel so no problems with fighting through the fence, although occasionally there will be a minor scuffle between hens in the sub-enclosures.
Because of all the predators here, the biggest problem being stray dogs, we keep ours in a 6 foot high chicken wire enclosure. The enclosure is subdivided to form smaller areas and each flock has a coop and run within one of these areas. The walkways between are used as a run for Transylvanian Naked Neck hens -they have no cockerel so no problems with fighting through the fence, although occasionally there will be a minor scuffle between hens in the sub-enclosures.
Hi Christos and welcome to the Forum. As you say, it's very interesting to know how people manage their flocks in different countries. We have quite a few international members. You may have missed the fact that Chris lives in Gascony - the problems he describes aren't what we usually have to contend with here in the UK!
We would love to see some pics of your collection.
We would love to see some pics of your collection.
