For sometime now I have wanted chickens, about a year ago I mentioned this to my partner and well she seemed rather unimpressed by the idea. However I was persistent and made a few big sells to her over the next few months and finally ground her down. Now she is very excited by it all. One of her initial worries was the the set up cost of a coop and run, which after looking around at some on the internet I had to agree with. We are both working people with no massive outlays but forking out on a coop just seemed to much of an expense but on the other hand I have not inherited my fathers joinery skills. So what to do? I was still intent on having some so decided to sell all my under the bed junk that I had accumulated over the years, so on to Ebay it went and I quickly raised the dosh. And this is what I bought.
It is supposed to be a 6-10 bird coop, but initially I will have but 4 rescued battery hens and then sometime later maybe some other kind of breed. I am looking forward to the eggs of course but also the manure! The free manure will need to be well rotted down in the compost heap before I can make use of it on the veg and flower beds. At the moment I have an unlimited supply from the local animal rescue centre but its an absolute killer to cart home.
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