Chickens

[bigpaul]

(5 February 2012, 11:54)Skean Dhude Wrote:

(5 February 2012, 01:03)uks Wrote: Try geese as a guard dog nasty little bug=ers.

When I was a kid the guy at the bottom of the road had a large orchard. Nice fruit and he had geese. I found out the hard way they were good guards. Took military type operations and much planning to get some fruit. Took some very sore nips from the little buggers.

(5 February 2012, 10:57)bigpaul Wrote: you dont need a cockerel if you have chickens for eggs, you only need a cockerel if your breeding for meat.

But chickens only last a few years. Even if you want them just for eggs you need to replace them and that is where a cockerel comes in.

it may be cheaper to buy "point of lay" chicks than a cockerel.