Ali James
Songster
Good morning everyone!
I am Ali, I'm 30-something and I live in the south east of the UK with my wonderful husband and our six year old son. We in turn are owned by two cats.
As I write this I can still say that I have never kept chickens before. That is about to change as in less than two days we will be collecting four hybrid hens from a local, independent farm shop. We are so excited!
Our son ('F'), like virtually all children, has been making noises about wanting a pet. We do not have the space inside our home for a cage or tank to go, our two cats (which don't seem to count as pets for some reason
) are very proficient hunters so having something small and furry was never going to happen. We do have garden space so an outside pet was more plausible. And a useful pet, even more so. F's school have chickens and he loves them and so we thought, why not?
For weeks and weeks and have been reading and researching, hours and hours have been sucked into youtube and BYC! I finally feel ready. But, there will be so much I do not know, and inevitably situations will crop up that I couldn't really prepare for. So I would love it if you would join me on my thread to help me out with your experience and knowledge!
P.S. I love photos and videos; be warned, there will be lots of each!
I am Ali, I'm 30-something and I live in the south east of the UK with my wonderful husband and our six year old son. We in turn are owned by two cats.
As I write this I can still say that I have never kept chickens before. That is about to change as in less than two days we will be collecting four hybrid hens from a local, independent farm shop. We are so excited!
Our son ('F'), like virtually all children, has been making noises about wanting a pet. We do not have the space inside our home for a cage or tank to go, our two cats (which don't seem to count as pets for some reason
) are very proficient hunters so having something small and furry was never going to happen. We do have garden space so an outside pet was more plausible. And a useful pet, even more so. F's school have chickens and he loves them and so we thought, why not?For weeks and weeks and have been reading and researching, hours and hours have been sucked into youtube and BYC! I finally feel ready. But, there will be so much I do not know, and inevitably situations will crop up that I couldn't really prepare for. So I would love it if you would join me on my thread to help me out with your experience and knowledge!
P.S. I love photos and videos; be warned, there will be lots of each!
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