We have 3 kids, a large dog, bees and now 3 chickens! We collected them yesterday, a Sussex White (as above), a Rhode Island Red and the other we can't quite remember. We were going to get the small and easy to look after Bantams but their eggs are equally small so went for the full size version. They are really friendly and should give us up to 18 eggs per week and have a laying life of 4 - 5 years making them excellent value for money (providing we can keep them, our dog and the local foxes apart!).
Can't wait for eggs and bacon using our own eggs and the bacon cooked in our own honey. Now where can we keep a pig ...
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Cue Goode Life music ... !
BTW hens only lay when there is sufficient daylight, if you want them to lay all through the year you need to rig up some warmth and artificial daylight in their 'house' ... I'm a mine of useless information aren't I LOL!
You can't beat a freshly laid egg ... and bacon, that reminds me must go order my next batch!
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