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Meet the streetchicks
Take a look at three very happy truly free range streetchicks living in an urban garden and producing healthy eggs every day. Then use the info links below to take a closer look at the details of keeping chooks in your city garden to see how cost effective and rewarding they can be.
Neighbours...meet the streetchick neighbours
Meet Mel, Suzy and Lucy who are new in the neighbourhood. These young streetchicks also live in Welling and have just been out for the first time today. Loving their new garden and frightening the owners cat they are looking forward to plenty of free range worm searching and the odd snail if they can find one. We are looking forward to seeing further pics and keeping up with egg progress over the coming weeks.
(last updated July09)
(last updated July09)
Eggs from the garden...
There is nothing better on Sunday morning than fresh eggs on your brekkie, whether you're a boiled, scrambled, fried or poached fan the beauty is in the fresh layers of egg white that you never see in shop bought eggs and the thick creamy yellow yolk that tells you it must be free range, better than any lion mark or fancy box label. The layers of white deteriorate with age...literally hours so dont expect to see them in off the shelf eggs.
So why not have eggs in your garden?
It really is easier than you think. With modern easy to clean hen houses you can keep chickens almost without the neighbours knowing, until you hand them half a dozen of your best free range as a gift anyway.
So why not have eggs in your garden?
It really is easier than you think. With modern easy to clean hen houses you can keep chickens almost without the neighbours knowing, until you hand them half a dozen of your best free range as a gift anyway.
Hen housing?
The Eglu is one hen house option. Not cheap but very well designed for the urban garden. Easy to clean, great food and water bowls and quite compact too. Aim to be eco and buy 2nd hand on ebay if you can.
| Cockerel?
No...You don't need a cockerel to get eggs...if i had a penny for every time i have been asked that! Hens from point of lay (about 20 wks old) will lay 1 egg a day, most days, depending on their breed, and no male influence is needed.
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Eggs! learn more
The eggs you get will be as good as the food you feed your chicks. The more they free range your garden the more varied their diet will be, and an added bonus you wont see another slug or snail eating your cabbages.
| Compost!learn more
Your chicken manure can go straight in your composter. We use shredded paper for the nest box and that can go in too, and doesn't cost a penny. Just wait for next year when your compost does the biz with your veggies.
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