Thanks so much for your response. Keeping them indoors isn't really an option as I just don't have the facillities. "Back yard chickens" definitely applies to me! I live in a pretty urban setting so no barns to speak of. Have you ever heard of the quick lime thing? I'm clasping onto it...
Hiya. I got it into my head that I want to raise my own Christmas turkey this year. I've got the incubator issue sorted (finally) and have ordered my eggs. Here's the problem:
Up until October, my chickens free ranged over the entire garden. They totally trashed it so I penned them up...