Whats the one thing you hate about keeping chickens ?

[paulwilko10]

I love having our chickens, but there is one thing I hate and one thing my Lawn Mower hates, is their ability to kick stones into the lawn !!!!!!

What do you hate about keeping the little blighters ?

[julie62]

I hate having to keep them in their run most of the time to keep them safe - wish they could just wonder around at will without having to worry about predators

[paulwilko10]

Agreed, we let ours out all day, but yesterday, we saw a fox in broad daylight !!!!!

[fishpond]

Having one PTS because there is absolutely nothing that can be done.

[paulwilko10]

PTS ?

[aishakali]

Put to sleep

[Benny&Co]

I don't think there's anything I hate as such, obviously it's extremely sad when we loose one of our girls.

Things are a bit more hard work during the winter months, but generally it's pretty much a pleasure having them.



Something I don't like, just thought - I don't like it when folks wrongly assume that we're going to 'eat' our girl if we loose them

[paulwilko10]

I don't think there's anything I hate as such, obviously it's extremely sad when we loose one of our girls.

Things are a bit more hard work during the winter months, but generally it's pretty much a pleasure having them.



Something I don't like, just thought - I don't like it when folks wrongly assume that we're going to 'eat' our girl if we loose them

That won't happen in my house !!

[Benny&Co]

It doesn't happen here either Paul, but I've had 'friends' joke about that when we've sadly lost girls

[jackian]

[quote="paulwilko10"]I love having our chickens, but there is one thing I hate and one thing my Lawn Mower hates, is their ability to kick stones into the lawn !!!!!!

You have a lawn?
I don't dislike anything really except having a poorly one and as others have said People mainly who think I am weird and talk about sunday roast.

[paulwilko10]

I love having our chickens, but there is one thing I hate and one thing my Lawn Mower hates, is their ability to kick stones into the lawn !!!!!!

You have a lawn?
I don't dislike anything really except having a poorly one and as others have said People mainly who think I am weird and talk about sunday roast.

They leave our lawn alone on the whole tbh.

They make our borders bigger though

We only have 2, so I suppose if we had more, more damage would be done

[Shazer]

The one thing I hate about keeping chickens is...



RED MITE

[hearttoart]

Poo - don't hate it just can't believe how much 8 chooks can produce lol

[Benny&Co]

yes they're right little poop-machines aren't they

I don't mind their poop actually, it's not half as offensive as our Benny's

[mandaloon]

For me, it's not so much poo as badly placed poo. I should think that is a bit of a shock to those who have not had poltury before but how they manage to get it down the coop wall, in their water, despite it being rasied off the floor and suposedly " poo proof". In their food bowls, on each other.........they clearly have their own olympic sporting events who can do it the highest, longest ... syncronized... freestyle... the last event having gained in popularity following the discovery that they DO in fact LIKE spring greens after all !!