Reviews by Jen-the-Hen

Really well-written and informative article thank you. I am waiting for a friend to build me a walk-in coop & run, as currently the destruction of my back lawn & amount of poop all over the place to scrape up is getting a bit much. I want them to be happy though, so it will need to be bigger than I'd planned.

Hello from another urban small-scale chicken keeper in New Zealand! Our city regs are up to 12 chooks, as long as coop is 2m from boundary fences.

Have raised six heritage chicks from 3 days old (initially w brooder plate inside, then large cage in sheltered veranda, in coop once feathered). Three boys went to friend once started trying to crow, 3 SLW started laying @ 9 months. Follow similar cleaning routine as above. Use untreated pine shavings in coop & DE sprinkled in. Free-range grassy fenced backyard during day. No smell issues and no complaints from neighbour's either side Plan to get 3 more when bigger secure run finished. NB to protect your vege garden!