Any fellow forum members keep chickens?!
I have wanted chickens for a while. Was thinking of going for a couple of either Speckldy or Blackrock/Rhoe rock hens. Both kinds are fairly docile, like free ranging, can cope with colder weather, and have soft feathers. The hens would be pets but i aim for us to be eating the eggsm (not all obvisouly!). A Speckldy will lay about 300 eggs per year.
Any advice on hens? New house will have a garden. It's already fenced off but plan to chicken wire it and have a hen house. Hens would free range for most of the day. We will have two or three.
I have wanted chickens for a while. Was thinking of going for a couple of either Speckldy or Blackrock/Rhoe rock hens. Both kinds are fairly docile, like free ranging, can cope with colder weather, and have soft feathers. The hens would be pets but i aim for us to be eating the eggsm (not all obvisouly!). A Speckldy will lay about 300 eggs per year.
Any advice on hens? New house will have a garden. It's already fenced off but plan to chicken wire it and have a hen house. Hens would free range for most of the day. We will have two or three.