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Whilst trying to keep chooks should be a fantastic pastime for the household, and whilst I personally consider that hens make wonderful pets, there are some negatives to trying to keep hens as well as positives.

Whilst always keeping chooks can potentially be a fantastic activity for the household, and whilst I personally consider that chooks make wonderful pets, there are some disadvantages to managing chickens as well as positives.

Lets look at the advantages first. Needless to say the most important positive to keeping chickens would have to be all of the delectable roam around eggs just laying there waiting around that you just collect every afternoon or night. Absolutely nothing is like feeding on your own nutritious, and yummy free range eggs that have been laid that day simply for you. No chickens had to go through coping with a tiny cage to lay all of them for you personally, so you can potentially feel great about getting a fridge jam-packed packed with healthful foods.

Next chickens make excellent domestic pets despite the fact that they’re just fowls. Kids really love them. Ours will happily pick them up and carry them around for hours. It can be quite a delight trying to keep chooks, and if you permit them to roam free around your yard it is gratifying observing all of them out your kitchen’s windows when you make an evening meal.

In addition, if you make it possible for them to roam around around the house they will clean up a whole bunch of insects which, if left on their own, would possibly eat your garden. It was our hens that assisted save our back garden from two summers of grasshopper plague. You really should see how many hopper one chicken can consume per day.

Moreover it’s fairly easy, not like for most animals, to provide for your chooks so that you do not need to make plans for them every time you go on holidays. As I have substantial automatic keepers for feeding and supplying water we are able to go on trips leaving behind the chickens to their own devices and have never ever lost a single yet, whilst on holidays.

Now to the problems. Like all animals chickens can easily get ill and pass away. We have had instances when the kids have discovered a dead chicken in the hen house, and this is distressing for the kids. While this obviously is applicable to all domestic pets it is more common when you keep chooks. This obviously is simply because you tend to have quite a few chickens, whereas a lot of people will have one or at most 2 pet dogs or pet cats. In our case with fifteen chickens it is more frequent. And of course hens have a shorter life than some domestic pets such as puppies or pet cats.

Secondly despite the fact that hens will clean up many of the nasty pests round your back garden they do so by scratching, and this can easily scratch up the dirt of your garden beds. They will also peck at your fruit and vegetables if you grow your very own and they especially love pecking tomatos. You will need to protect your veggies or some section of your back garden.

And, like for a lot of other pets, there is some work required, such as regular cleansing of the chook coop. Chooks poop everywhere and the coop, as well as feeding and water containers, must be cleaned. You will also need to learn more about pest avoidance as chickens can be prone to such challenges as mites.

Fourthly while getting fresh roam around eggs is wonderful it doesn’t happen on a regular basis. Hens tend to go off the lay during the cold winter months, and more aged chickens lay less eggs than young ones. Because of this there might be times when you find yourself having to pay for hen feed but still buying eggs.

I consider however that the positives of maintaining hens far outweighs the disadvantages. They are one of the very few family pets that are productive as well as just being a family pet, and for anyone thinking about maintaining hens as domestic pets my answer is always to go for it. Very few folks have regretted getting chickens.

Remember to visit my website Aussie Chicken Coops about chicken Houses to find out more about how to track down the best chicken coop  for keeping your chickens happy.

Whilst trying to keep chooks should be a fantastic pastime for the household, and whilst I personally consider that hens make wonderful pets, there are some negatives to trying to keep hens as well as positives.

Whilst always keeping chooks can potentially be a fantastic activity for the household, and whilst I personally consider that chooks make wonderful pets, there are some disadvantages to managing chickens as well as positives.

Lets look at the advantages first. Needless to say the most important positive to keeping chickens would have to be all of the delectable roam around eggs just laying there waiting around that you just collect every afternoon or night. Absolutely nothing is like feeding on your own nutritious, and yummy free range eggs that have been laid that day simply for you. No chickens had to go through coping with a tiny cage to lay all of them for you personally, so you can potentially feel great about getting a fridge jam-packed packed with healthful foods.

Next chickens make excellent domestic pets despite the fact that they’re just fowls. Kids really love them. Ours will happily pick them up and carry them around for hours. It can be quite a delight trying to keep chooks, and if you permit them to roam free around your yard it is gratifying observing all of them out your kitchen’s windows when you make an evening meal.

In addition, if you make it possible for them to roam around around the house they will clean up a whole bunch of insects which, if left on their own, would possibly eat your garden. It was our hens that assisted save our back garden from two summers of grasshopper plague. You really should see how many hopper one chicken can consume per day.

Moreover it’s fairly easy, not like for most animals, to provide for your chooks so that you do not need to make plans for them every time you go on holidays. As I have substantial automatic keepers for feeding and supplying water we are able to go on trips leaving behind the chickens to their own devices and have never ever lost a single yet, whilst on holidays.

Now to the problems. Like all animals chickens can easily get ill and pass away. We have had instances when the kids have discovered a dead chicken in the hen house, and this is distressing for the kids. While this obviously is applicable to all domestic pets it is more common when you keep chooks. This obviously is simply because you tend to have quite a few chickens, whereas a lot of people will have one or at most 2 pet dogs or pet cats. In our case with fifteen chickens it is more frequent. And of course hens have a shorter life than some domestic pets such as puppies or pet cats.

Secondly despite the fact that hens will clean up many of the nasty pests round your back garden they do so by scratching, and this can easily scratch up the dirt of your garden beds. They will also peck at your fruit and vegetables if you grow your very own and they especially love pecking tomatos. You will need to protect your veggies or some section of your back garden.

And, like for a lot of other pets, there is some work required, such as regular cleansing of the chook coop. Chooks poop everywhere and the coop, as well as feeding and water containers, must be cleaned. You will also need to learn more about pest avoidance as chickens can be prone to such challenges as mites.

Fourthly while getting fresh roam around eggs is wonderful it doesn’t happen on a regular basis. Hens tend to go off the lay during the cold winter months, and more aged chickens lay less eggs than young ones. Because of this there might be times when you find yourself having to pay for hen feed but still buying eggs.

I consider however that the positives of maintaining hens far outweighs the disadvantages. They are one of the very few family pets that are productive as well as just being a family pet, and for anyone thinking about maintaining hens as domestic pets my answer is always to go for it. Very few folks have regretted getting chickens.

Remember to visit my website Aussie Chicken Coops about chicken Houses to find out more about how to track down the best chicken coop  for keeping your chickens happy.

There’s no doubt that everyone loves pets, and most of us love eggs too. And there is a wonderful way to combine your love of pets and eating eggs together. Why not keep chickens?

It seems that all kids love chickens. I have kids and chickens and they spend hours patting them, feeding them and collecting the eggs. Chickens are relatively clean, easy to keep and cheap to feed, and if you only have been they don’t make a lot of noise. Let them free range and they will feed on all those nasty bugs in the garden that eat your flowers.

But before you head out to buy yourself some chickens you have to consider how you will house them. Let’s talk a little about chicken coops .

Of course you need to decide how many chickens you are going to have in your chicken coop. 3 or 4 hens is really quite sufficient to the average household, and if you are keeping this number than a simple portable chicken house that can move around the garden is quite sufficient.

The first thing you need to think about is whether there are any regulations governing keeping chickens or having a henhouse . In some places regulations specify what you can and cannot do.

The fastest and possibly the cheapest way to get a chicken coop is to build it, provided you’re familiar with the right end of a hammer and you’ve got a few nails. It’s not that difficult, you need some treated timber, some chicken wire and a few bits and pieces and you can have a chicken coop built in an afternoon.

You some simple things in your chicken coop. One of these is an enclosed area, or a nesting box, for the hens to nest and lay their eggs.

At night chickens like to perch to sleep and therefore you need some perching bars off the floor of the coop.

A simple design that is easy to build is an A-frame design. You can make the perches by running timber rods from one side of the coop to the other. Make sure that the perches are under cover so the chickens are out of the weather when sleeping stop

If you put handles on one end and wheels on the other it is then easy to move around the garden, and you move it every few days to fertilise different areas of the lawn.

During the day you can open the door of the henhouse to allow your chickens to free range around the garden eating the bugs that eat your flowers. But make sure all chickens are returned to the coop at night, with the door closed, or foxes will get your chickens.

Kids just love having chickens, as well as the eggs. But before you get started on your new hobby of keeping chickens decide how many you wish to have, and buy or build a a good quality chicken coop to house them in and you’re well on your way to a fridge full of eggs.

All you have to do is get stuck into a simple handyman job building your chicken coop or buy a good one and then you can be comfortable knowing that you always have a fridge full of eggs.