I am so excited to join this discussion forum! We got our first chickens during lockdown when we 'rescued' the school chickens, because no one was around a regular feed them or look after them and we had been helping look after them already for years.
We converted our raspberry cage, to keep them protected from the UK badges and foxes!! We started with six chickens and now have 15, and 18 eggs hatching! We have bred Silkies, different breeds of Orpingtons, giant brahmas that were just standard - but stunning (good old eBay!), Sussex's and Easter eggers, Rocks and bantams. My friend has a small holding and happily takes our chicks as they get older for selling on to local families who want to raise chickens too! we have now successfully hatched over 6 different occasions, but with only one year being a duff year with only two hatched eggs.
My highlights have been a Bantam called Johnny John John, who attached to me would follow me everywhere and even came to my work (a different school) for about 3 weeks and even went to a year 9 English lesson and became a short term therapy chicken!). We were also asked to take a chicken to the local church for a pet service blessing (for a different type of pet).... and she sat beautifully on my daughter's lap for the entire duration and didn't poop once... that was a miracle (and the only blessed church in the village that I know of!). She is also used to all types of pets luckily.... she is called pocket!
However, thank you so much to this community, because I have come to this website so many times for rescue information, for all types of issues and have really appreciated it! Thank you
my best tip has been to help the hatching play the eggs chick noises!!
We converted our raspberry cage, to keep them protected from the UK badges and foxes!! We started with six chickens and now have 15, and 18 eggs hatching! We have bred Silkies, different breeds of Orpingtons, giant brahmas that were just standard - but stunning (good old eBay!), Sussex's and Easter eggers, Rocks and bantams. My friend has a small holding and happily takes our chicks as they get older for selling on to local families who want to raise chickens too! we have now successfully hatched over 6 different occasions, but with only one year being a duff year with only two hatched eggs.
My highlights have been a Bantam called Johnny John John, who attached to me would follow me everywhere and even came to my work (a different school) for about 3 weeks and even went to a year 9 English lesson and became a short term therapy chicken!). We were also asked to take a chicken to the local church for a pet service blessing (for a different type of pet).... and she sat beautifully on my daughter's lap for the entire duration and didn't poop once... that was a miracle (and the only blessed church in the village that I know of!). She is also used to all types of pets luckily.... she is called pocket!
However, thank you so much to this community, because I have come to this website so many times for rescue information, for all types of issues and have really appreciated it! Thank you
my best tip has been to help the hatching play the eggs chick noises!!
to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
