Hello from England

[PaulaSB12]

My name is Paula I live in a small town in the middle of England (if you call it a village you get into trouble, the difference is a town holds a weekly market villages don't) I am saving up for a nice coop and run to go on my allotment so I can keep chickens (am going to look to rent some land as well for a couple of pigs) which will be kept on my allotment, an allotment is a piece of land you rent to grow food and keep chickens on (the 1950 allotment act allows this. Here are the ones I chose for my chickens to be

http://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/chickenhouses/info_9PP15.html
9ft by 15 ft with a cover on to keep them from rain

http://www.forshamcottagearks.com/poultry-housing/lenham-505-chicken-run.htm

I know a lot of you build your own but my building skills are not very good so I don't think I could do it and I want the best for them.

 

[Lunachick]

Those are beautiful set ups! Enjoy your chicken keeping - you'll have to post a pic of yours when your all set!

 

[jerseygirl1]

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LovedEngland when I was there - it's on m y bucket list ot go back again and again!!!!!

 

[sheila3935]

that is so cool that you can rent land.

 

[PaulaSB12]

I have two half plot allotments 16ft by 62ft that cost £12 for a year. The rent gets paid in february which is when the run and coop gets puts on the plot. Then I go to the Melton Mowbray feather and fur market to buy the chickens. This is the market where all sorts of feathered creatures can be brought from peafowls to turkeys. I know they will be spoiled but I have three cats for whom I brought http://www.angelicalcat.com/stackem-rstc-prods.shtml cat scratching post, the only person according to them to have exported their product out of America.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

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from Ohio.

 

[Imp]

A warm welcome from an imp in Washington State.

You came to the right place

Imp

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Welcome to BYC - so glad you joined us. We can learn so much from the country the BEST breed came from (Orpingtons of course!) (not that I'm partial...)