Susie Lovett
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Hello there,
We are looking to start keeping chickens, well to re home about 3 -4 ex battery girls. This will probably be around March time, as we want to get the worst of the bad weather out of the way and also this gives us time to set up a coop and run for them and to research and gather info. My cousin has kept chickens in the past and now he lives in a more rural spot he keeps and rears ducks and geese so we have his expertise also to help us out.
It would be nice to have some fresh eggs, however it is more important to us to give a nice home for some poor hardworking girls.
We are thinking of purchasing a purpose built coop and run and then putting this within a fenced in secure "compound" with a wire roof and a covered part to give them a nice dry area. So in the day they can have the security of the larger compound area, and at night when in the coop they will have double protection, as we do have foxes around in our area. We live on the edge of Sutton Coldfield a couple of roads away from fields. We previously built a dog run for our puppy last year as he was wrecking the garden and now as he has grown up and the run isn't used, we are looking to adapt this for the chicken compound.
Have you any comments on our ideas, or any advice for us taking on ex battery girls.
Thanks
We are looking to start keeping chickens, well to re home about 3 -4 ex battery girls. This will probably be around March time, as we want to get the worst of the bad weather out of the way and also this gives us time to set up a coop and run for them and to research and gather info. My cousin has kept chickens in the past and now he lives in a more rural spot he keeps and rears ducks and geese so we have his expertise also to help us out.
It would be nice to have some fresh eggs, however it is more important to us to give a nice home for some poor hardworking girls.
We are thinking of purchasing a purpose built coop and run and then putting this within a fenced in secure "compound" with a wire roof and a covered part to give them a nice dry area. So in the day they can have the security of the larger compound area, and at night when in the coop they will have double protection, as we do have foxes around in our area. We live on the edge of Sutton Coldfield a couple of roads away from fields. We previously built a dog run for our puppy last year as he was wrecking the garden and now as he has grown up and the run isn't used, we are looking to adapt this for the chicken compound.
Have you any comments on our ideas, or any advice for us taking on ex battery girls.
Thanks