Another good reason to keep your own chooks

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(7 March 2013, 21:55)MaryN Wrote: I don't know why more people don't keep chickens. They don't take much room; you get splendid eggs and meat (if you pick the right breeds); and it is a way of ensuring you can put some food on the table. You don't need to live out in the country - some of my friends keep them in town gardens (just so long as the Council and the neighbours don't object). Win, win all round really.

I would keep chickens in a flash, we used to,.. but we have a problem in that we have to have them inside at night, so of course we have to let them out in the morning,... if we left them out, either the Scottish Wildcat, or the Mink would have them for sure,... and that is a little binding, its the reason we stopped keeping them about three years ago