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thank you everyone, i've never joined anything like this before, hate screens basically.. despise telly... this is restoring some sort of faith!!

thank you, hmmm, is lots to think about, OH not sure anymore.. didn't realise hens would impinge on our social life so much! want the birds to have enough room to roam and so not reduce grass to mud, hence my considering electric fence. I should not have forgotten foxes prey during the day.. i recen...

Hello All and thank you for friendly greetings and advice, a run it is then... off to see what sort of chookies to get, have a hankering after some Brahma's but ex battery ones seems a friendlier thing to do

we can't decide what to do.. we'd like a few chickens and to keep them free range at the bottom of the garden, we've got around 30ft x 30ft of rough grass with some fruit trees growing there. Can anyone advise which would be best- hen house with electric fencing around the perimeter or a run to keep...

Golly.. a reply already! thank you! we can't decide what to do.. we'd like a few chickens and to keep them free range at the bottom of the garden but can't decide whether to get electric fencing or a run to keep them safe from foxes if we're away overnight.

we found you having googled hen houses and 3 hours later we're joining having read the entire collection of slug postings!!