New Chickens!

Today we're linking up with Eco-Gites of Lenault and their 'Animal Tales' to introduce our new chickens! You may have read about our last disastrous attempt at keeping chickens but we were undeterred and we now have a lovely new set of hens at the back of our garden. I missed out on chicken buying last time round so I made sure I was available one Monday morning and we headed off to Caussade market.

There weren't quite as many stands as I thought there might be and in the end we bought our hens from the same person we bought from before as he had what we thought were the best looking ones. We decided on two marans (the black ones) and three sussex (the white) and were initially also going to get a cockrel. However, the more I've read the more I don't think we really need one. For starters I'm not keen on the idea of loads of baby chickens (as cute as they are) and apparantly the cockrel could be quite aggressive towards small children in protecting the hens. Jacob loves to hang out in the coop so I don't like the idea of that much. So for now we'll stick to the girls.

Unlike our last bunch who fought all the time this lot are quite happy in each other's company. We've already had a couple of eggs and we're hoping they will all start laying regularly soon now that the days are longer and brighter. We're not going to make the same mistake we made last time, we're going to make sure they are always locked up at night!

Do you keep chickens? We'd love to hear some of your chicken keeping tales!