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Helen_Jayne said:
Hi everyone,
This is a great resource. I'm in Sheffield, northern England and I have 3 silkies, all still about 5 weeks now. Unfortunately one of them (Alex) recently came down with wry neck but is making a good recovery (I'll probably share more on that soon).
I had chickens when I was a kid, I grew up in the countryside then in Cornwall and it was a great part of my childhood. I had a cockerel called Cocky Locky Tutu Bird of Birds and a lot of hens without names - they were all crossbreed bantams of various sorts.
Now I've got a stepson who is a city kid and I realised had no real concept of the reality of the meat which he loves to eat, I decided to educate him by getting some chickens. My other reason is I'm vegetarian and try to minimise the amount of animal products I eat so getting my own eggs from happy chickens would mean I can enjoy eating eggs. I don't feel great about eating shop bought, so called 'free-range' eggs, knowing what I know about farming and chickens.
I'm currently building a coop for them as an extension to our unused outside toilet block and once its done and the chickens are all settled in I plan to get more chickens - this time probably crossbreed birds. I'd really like to take on a couple of ex-battery birds if space allows. At the moment the two healthy chickens are living in the house with us and the dogs most of the time which is a bit mad. The dogs tolerate them but I don't leave them alone together. They like to roost on the back of the sofa in the evenings and wander about downstairs in the day (lucky we have hard floors). The other one is in a box in the bedroom cuddled up to a teddy.
Anyway, this is 'hello', I'd love to hear from anyone near Sheffield or in the north of England particularly. Thanks for reading my post. xx
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Hello @Helen_Jayne. Great to see you here. I live the other side of worksop so nearly neighbours! You've got some great hens there good to see they're taking over nicely! tauben_0056.gif
 
Col1948 said:
Welcome Helen, I'm in Manchester UK, I'm fairly new on here and not long had chickens.
The gang on here are great, very friendly and never be afraid to ask any questions if need be.
They have helped me lots of times, I only have 5 hens, made a coop out of a shed, mine free range in my back garden.
Only got one still laying at the moment as the days are getting shorter, I think it will be spring before they get in the full flow.

Col.
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Hi Col, Thanks for the welcome. Maybe I can pick your brains then? Our chickens were always free range when I was a kid, they roosted on a perch outside the house and we never lost one. My idea of having chickens is having them free ranging and roosting but being in the city they don't seem safe from the many neighbourhood cats - some of them have shown a lot of interest. It's disappointing to have to do the chicken coop thing but I don't want them getting massacred. Do you live right in the city and if so have you had any problems free ranging yours with cats about? We are in terraced housing with small backyards and there's a cat thoroughfare.
 
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Helen_Jayne said:
Hi Col, Thanks for the welcome. Maybe I can pick your brains then? Our chickens were always free range when I was a kid, they roosted on a perch outside the house and we never lost one. My idea of having chickens is having them free ranging and roosting but being in the city they don't seem safe from the many neighbourhood cats - some of them have shown a lot of interest. It's disappointing to have to do the chicken coop thing but I don't want them getting massacred. Do you live right in the city and if so have you had any problems free ranging yours with cats about? We are in terraced housing with small backyards and there's a cat thoroughfare.
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Hi Helen,
I live in the suburbs, near Wythenshawe hospital, my rear garden has a 6 foot fence all round.
I did have a small coop at first but it was too small for my liking so I bought a shed, it was easy to convert, I just added a roost plus some nest boxes.
I changed the nest boxes to cardboard boxes from the supermarket, easy to replace if damaged lol.
The roost I got a 4x2 piece of wood, that seems to be the best size for a roost, but others do use different sizes.
My hens go in by themselves when it starts to go dark, then I close the door on them till morning.

Col.
 

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