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I can say smallholding as we have a SH number
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Hayley B
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None of the above. Village garden.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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The one remaining is in the urban back garden living out its retirement. Will probably add to it / replace in the early spring, but for the moment it has the house, run and garden to itself.The cats' valet.Comment
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We have 2 allotments and the chooks are on half of the smaller one.Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.
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Think how many broodies you would get!Originally posted by frias View PostUrban back garden but would love a paddock. Just think how many chooks I could have then.
Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
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I've changed the poll option to 'Garden'.
It seems that Mr Woody is a little obsessed with 'urban' 'chickens'...
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you know, ours have a large area but seem to keep around the pen or trees, they rarely venture to the largest middle area. just a thought - perhaps I could pen that area off, grow squash and corn in the summer then open it up during the winter so they can scrape the remnants up. What do you think? my point also being - do they need that much room when they evidently don't use it?Comment
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Yup, I think that's a good idea Petal. In fact, you ought to pen the chooks IN that area to clear it of slugs, snails and bugs BEFORE you plant it up.
It took mine weeks and weeks to venture beyond a small corner next to their coop. It's taken them almost 3 months to investigate the entire (but small) garden.If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing to excess
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I think a lot of chickens will avoid large open areas as it makes them more visible to predators. Given a choice of ranging space they will always go for a bit of cover - bushes, trees etc - over an open stretch of grass. Using your open space as a veg patch sounds like a good idea.Originally posted by petal View PostComment
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Mine are in the back gardenComment
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It is nice to have them in the back garden but you cant have any males because of the neighboursComment
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The people I bought my girls from had mum and dad in the back garden. They're Orpingtons though and I think the cock is quiet in comparison to most breeds.If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing to excessComment
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I would love a decent size small holding but just would not have the time with my job to have any other chickens!Comment
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In our garden, I did think about keeping them at the allotment but was worried about visiting everyday (although I normally do) pleased i decided on the garden as we all love to sit and watch themComment
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