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Keeping chickens (for eggs)

  • 17-04-2010 12:04PM
    #1
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks,

    Thinking of keeping chickens, for eggs, in the back garden using one of these.

    Are there any laws I should be aware of which may prevent me from keeping 3 - 4 hens?


Comments

  • #2
    jap gt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭jap gt


    they are way over priced, for 3 or 4 hens a dog house can easily be turned into a coop


  • #3
    December
    Closed Accounts Posts: 98 ✭✭December


    I think the eglus are great, we're planning on getting one of the cubes for next year. :D I like that they're different and will last a lot longer than wooden ones you see on the market - and a lot easier to clean!

    I say go for it! :)


  • #4
    EGAR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭EGAR


    I think those coops are way overpriced and if a middle aged woman who never used a circular saw or an angle grinder can built something like that in three days (evenings) for only 20 quid then so can anyone else:

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    Those chicken are Seramas and miniature so not suitable for free range hence the *aviary*. They are only pigeon sized. But for my laying hens I build a moveable run and coop for only 10 quid ;).


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