How To Keep Back Garden Chickens UK - Keeping Back Yard Hens

[@UKProperPrepper]

I used to keep Rhode Island reds, lovely girls and often laid double yolkers. I'm going to set up in my new place this summer and get some more next spring.

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

Awesome 🤩 we hope to move next year and get some more chickens 🐓 too / good luck with your move

[@annjackson6969]

Thank you best help found , am about to get some chickens and yours is the best video I have found.

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

You’re welcome 😉 glad it’s helped 🐓

[@Rigdawg]

Thank y’all for this information! My wife and I have been considering chickens. Very informative and much appreciated!

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

We have had them for years and have no regrets.

[@Rigdawg]

@@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife The only problem that I will have is my wife (Melanie) is a die hard animal lover, haha! Thank y’all for the advice!!

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

If your wife eats eggs then this could be an opportunity to produce eggs from happier chickens than those that produce the eggs in the shops. Good luck and ask us if you want to know anything that wasn’t covered in the video.

[@Rigdawg]

@@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife Absolutely great point! Thanks so much!! 😊 Thank y’all for providing information that is easy to understand for us!

[@Rigdawg]

❤️

[@jeffjones9792]

After the war it was popular to keep a couple of chicken at the end of the garden - combated rationing. Close to the run he grew brassicas. 8 netted, 2 not. The 2 attracted white cabbage butterflies that laid their eggs on them. When they hatched into catapillars he would let the chickens out and they would devour the catapillars. Protein for them, plus some vegetation they liked. His policy of 'share and share alike'!

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

Excellent tip, I’m sure the hens loved the treat.

[@masifkhan.]

do you have video for winter setup? and especially what to when water frozen with cold.

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

It’s not much different except defrosting the water 💦 as our drinker is galvanised metal we can just pour boiling water over it / the alternative if it’s plastic is bring indoors at night

[@gardenonthemoors]

Love it! We also chuck in a bit of grass clippings with ours, even if it's just one bucket full and they will scratch around it looking for any insects and things that have been hoovered up.

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

They do love some fresh grass!

[@barbsdee3831]

When do you swap from growers to layers pellets? Do you weigh out the pellets and how much do you give them? Love your wellies ❤️

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

About 16 weeks / I don’t weigh I just fill feeder they will only eat what they need

[@rebeccapearman3091]

Great video, thank you x

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

Thank you

[@backtonature433]

Awesome 👌

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

Thanks 🙏

[@luckyshotjpg]

Do you think paving slabs around the run would deter foxes? The idea being that they'd have to burrow from further away and deeper to get in? I don't know how determined foxes can be haha

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

Yes I do have paving slabs both ends to help deter them

[@PhilipTamhk]

Thanks so much for this nice video! I’m actually a newbie which consider to raise hen in my backyard. Other than the setup, where can we buy chicks or hens for the raise? I’m currently in Birmingham.

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

I found mine by googling it / sadly I don’t know any in your area but am sure there must be some / you can get ex-commercially reared chickens as they only keep them for a year and then get rid of them / our first hens came that way from a free range farm that was replacing their hens

[@DancingBeeHoney]

Hi, great video, thank you. We are thinking of getting chickens next Easter. I have a lot of trees that would overhang the area I’d be keeping the chickens. Would birds nesting in the trees above the coop be a problem ? Thanks.

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

The only thing to consider is if you have bird flu in your area so worth checking any guidance for that / in the UK we have government guidance which we comply with

[@DancingBeeHoney]

@@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife Thank you.

[@TalkingRubbish]

Our garden is about half the size of yours, we have a neighbour with a dog, several cats come through the garden and foxes who have tried for months to get in our food bin... I'd love to have chickens but not sure if it would become a nightmare to protect them.

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

Foxes 🦊 can be a challenge but a secure house and run really helps

[@by1067]

My burning question. How do you enter the chicken run. You never showed that bit.

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

The door is behind the broken pot in the thumbnail picture. Maybe we can show how we enter in the next video.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Can have the chickens run loose around the garden ever?

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

Yes they just make quite a bit of mess if they do it all the time / I usually keep mine in their run most of the time and then let them out occasionally to run around the garden 🪴 unless there’s restrictions for bird flu then they have to stay in their run

[@jordanbeagle5779]

Have you considered rescue hens from British Hen Welfare Trust?

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

I have had rescue in the past and they were lovely birds

[@mariafraser2241]

Do you ever have any troubles with rats at all

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

We have a rat bait station in a corner of the garden to be sure. Keeping the feed in a secure container in the garage is essential and by not over feeding we have found that rats are not a problem.

[@donnamariefinney]

Have you ever seen a fox mine are not locked in just in garden unless it flu lockdown had them 7 years live in country never ever seen a fox not sure why

[@ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife]

That’s good 🦊