This is what I think has happened on our site LL, three or four have flouted the law and unfortunatley its the rest of us who have abided by the rules etc have been tarred with the same brush. I had a breif meeting with a council official yesterday and she informed me that its the RSPCA who are insi...

>dum< Honestly, this is bureaucracy gone mad! Chicken insurance? Hahahaha, can you imagine the claim form? 'On the 30th October 2013, a premeditated attack on my allotment took by two chickens - one brown, one speckledy, matching the description of those owned by the notorious chicken keeper, Happy...

Hope it works out well, Bob. When we pass the allotments outside Market Weighton, on the 1079, I think it is, there are several chicken runs there. I wonder if these tenants have insurance - just a thought. I very much doubt it Spreckly, I have been trying to track down any Insurance company that p...

After being in touch with the council allotment officer she informed me that one of the problems was that a few allotment holders (not me) had recently started keeping cockerels which were begining to cause a noise nuisance to the neighbouring houses and this was the main reason for permission/insur...

Te council never wanted hens on the site but because of the 1959 allotment act they are powerless to stop us, I think they are now just trying to put as mant barriers in our way to grind us down, but it will have the opposite effect on me and make me more resolute, thats the way I roll

aishakali wrote:{rofwl} twits!

You couldnt make it up could you ? I think they mean public liability insurance
as if a chicken could rear end a cabbage or cauli

This morning I visted my allotment were I keep my chickens, to be greeted by a notice ?(all the tennants that own chickens on the site also were greeted by the same notice) pinned to my gate stating I have "Illegal Livestock" from the council and that they should "BE REMOVED IMMEDIATL...

Started off building this 13ft by 13ft shed that housed my coop. http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t256/guitartrax/th_chickenshed1_zpsda30d490.jpg my home made coop. http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t256/guitartrax/th_coop1_zps91c77175.jpg inside coop. http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t256/guit...

HensAloud wrote:Mine have free range of the garden, but I have caged plants !

Haha funny but true Angela, I let my hens frre range on the allotment now and again and have steadily being netting the stuff I,d like to keep

My part covered shed/run is 26ft by 13 ft and houses 7 chickens at the current time but have another two or three to add when they are old enough. Although I am also in the process of handing another 30ft by 40 feet of grassed area to the chickens after its fenced off and seeded.

So sorry to hear of your hen and chicks Angela.

Agree with you Bill, nothing like a sweet corn cooked within half hour of picking, you just cant buy that in the shops..

I set 6 light sussex eggs just over three weeks ago and 4 of them hatched but I think there is a strong possibility that they will be living in th house while spring

As Hull City are one of the new boys in this seasons EPL our goal is to simply stay up, although we got thumped 2 - 0 against a very good Chelsea side I think we have more then reasonable chance of maintaining our Premier status next season. Either way I,m strapped in and going to enjoy the roller c...

Mesh should be stapled to the outside of the wooden frame for the reasons explained by Skeksis. Makes for a far stronger mesh installation if anything were to try and push themselves in.