Starting A Chicken Flock On Our UK Allotment. Coops And Run. Keeping Chickens Safe.

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• MI

  @mimi_mermaid · 8 months ago

  Catching up with this as I'm thinking about getting my first small flock soon and can't wait for chicken fun! I enjoy that you keep referring to "avian flu" as "ovarian flu" 😂

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• CO

  @corynsboy5814 · 3 years ago

  Having kept chickens on my allotment for many years I can see you are covering all the bases and the birds look in great shape.  Clearly they are happy before any improvements you have planned.  My only suggestion as you didn't mention it would be diatomaceous earth in nesting boxes and roosting area.    It's not expensive, it's food grade so it's very safe, it's great in the compost bins, it's organic and mites of all kinds hate it.  Just a light application every week even in winter makes a massive difference.  In the summer we drop a little in their dirt bath holes too.

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• BA

  @bayarnold-hy6ue · 3 years ago

  Anybody who loves and cares for chickens properly is a good soul in my book.  When I was a teen I spent a year collecting eggs on a battery farm.  I've never forgotten how cruel it was.  The farmer would wring their necks and throw them on a dump without a second thought.  Never again.  I'm a cottage gardener now and looking to growing veg in buckets.

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• IA

  @IamlovedbyGodforever · 6 months ago

  Thank you

• SC

  @scotlandssherlockpiper551 · 1 year ago

  Fantastic video. Thanks for posting

• JP

  @jpennturner · 3 years ago

  Yes we roofed over our chicken run and being dry is much better, it is good to see a properly fox proof run.

• BO

  @bonditltd5346 · 1 year ago

  Have wanted chickens for such a long time. Working away a lot for a week at a time is the issue. I can ask someone to look in on them occasionally, but the long life feeders , automatic door and water dispenser and the deep mulch methods will help. I’ve been advised to buy an omlet coop to avoid mites and for low maintenance. These are quite pricey. <br>The Haynes chicken manual I find good, so any more recommendations welcome and I’ll watch the other videos

• PR

  @primrosespink · 3 years ago

  Lovely coop, very well thought through, I love it

• MY

  @myrustygarden · 3 years ago

  Looking fab 🌞🌞. Ladies will be very happy mom 🐓🐥🐔🐓👍. Have a super week, Ali 🇨🇦

• CO

  @colinelliott5629 · 3 years ago (edited)

  As long-time keepers of up to 12 hens, I thought this all very good advice, but would add two more topics.<br>Always keep a watch for mites, which are difficult to spot, if one&apos;s not familiar with them. It was a minor problem for years until for some unknown reason, we suddenly had an infestation. We vanquished them, but have never since been free of them. I built a new coop with minimum crannies. The roosts are loose and hung on wire hangers smeared in vaseline. They have a dust bath, for which I used a plasterer&apos;s bath.<br>The second problem is rats (and they can easily chew through plastic), so we remove food at night, and the coop is raised 8&quot; off the ground on skids.<br>We miss having our chickens rooting about the garden, but they have plenty of light, airy space, and fresh vegetables and dried mealworms. They live a happy life, and &nbsp;give us wonderful eggs. I don&apos;t calculate what each costs!

• UN

  @Undecidedyett · 1 month ago

  Just watched your video because I’m about to build a coop and run. I was going to convert my 8x6ft shed and build the run at the side but AI has scared me by saying because it’s fairly old and some of the tongue and groove boards are a bit warped with gaps that mites will get in and that it needs a different base because rats will get in or rain will make it damp. So looks like a total rebuild and a lot of money 🙄

• CH

  @chrisfowler2078 · 4 months ago (edited)

  Hi, love the video. <br>I’m also a Worcester allotment Tenent. And just sent an application for hens. What’s the normal process and how long it takes. Thanks Chris