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Message: <blockquote data-quote="helen(ugg)" data-source="post: 822082" data-attributes="member: 9417">i have chickens and they are dead easy to keep. all my veg waste goes to them, cooked and raw, and lots of other leftover food. a couple of friends save theirs for me too. they come out to forage if i am around all day, otherwise stay in their pen. i buy a sack of layers pellet from the farm supplier which costs around seven and a half quid, and lasts my four girls and a boy for over a month with all the other bits and bobs they get as well...they have a house with a nest box, and perches, and they are pretty good at only pooing off the perches, not in the nest, which makes it easy to clean. their manure makes really good compost.i get more eggs than the 2 of us can eat from 4 hens, when i've had more than 4, i tend to give the eggs to the people i collect scraps from, and any one that asks, as you would have to have loads of chickens to make any worthwhile money.if you have neighbours that you wish to remain friendly with i wouldn't bother with a rooster, but you do miss out on a lot of cock-related jokes if you don't.:$</blockquote>

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