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The plan was that chickens would be arriving for my birthday this year, however, we didn't anticipate building our own coop in under a week! We got the keys to our new homestead on 14 August... my birthday is 26 August! My gifts were very chicken themed (the t-shirt says "Yes, I talk with my...

Got chickens for my birthday!! Woot!!

We are only 20 minutes from the German border so I will do some reading up on coccidia!

Its good to know your chickens seem to be coping OK. I'm so happy the weather is due to cool down again tomorrow.... the Netherlands isn't designed for this many days over 30C!! Do you do anything to help the chickens cool down? I've heard frozen fruit can be a nice snack on these hot days.

Wow! Thank you for such a comprehensive answer! We are planning on getting our first chickens through a breeder from the Barnevelder club so hopefully is a good and trustworthy source. We will definitely ask if the chicks were vaccinated but it sounds like with good management practices the...

Hi BDutch :) I do have one quick question, do you bother with any vaccinations for your birds? I've read that it can be worth ensuring they have Marek's vaccination but that its becoming less effective as time goes one. We aren't planning on exhibiting or anything.

Whenever I go back to the UK I'm thankful for how clean it is here! I think we are going to look at setting up a coop in the short term in the run and then convert the stable for the longer term coop so we can add more to the flock. And thank you, I'm going to be writing some blog posts...

The Netherlands is wonderful, I've been here coming up for 14 years now and have no intention of leaving :) I was worried this plan would be madness. Unfortunately the stable is on the other side of the drive than runs through the property to where the run needs to go (next year it could go...

I might be a little late to the game here, but I'm a new member about to get our first chickens in the Netherlands. Our homestead is 20 minutes from the German border. We will be heading to Barneveld to get some Barnevelers. Would be interested if there are any other Dutch members on here...

🇳🇱 Hello from the Netherlands! 🇳🇱 Although not currently chicken owners, we hopefully will be in about 2 weeks time. We are just in the process of moving to the country and fulfilling a dream I've had since I was about 14 year old. We have bought a small homestead and have about 7 acres of...