Chickens! – update
We just ordered an Eglu Go with three chickens from Omlet, we’ll receive the order on Monday 15th Feb (insha’Allah):
[Image from omlet.co.uk]
We’ve been thinking about having some egg laying chickens for a while now and decided to take the plunge. The Omlet Eglu range seems easy to maintain and look after and we’ll get on average 18-20 fresh eggs per week from organic, free range chickens. Chicken droppings will also be a great addition for our composter!
The cost was £295 for the Eglu and run, £11 each for the chickens (£33) and a couple of bags of chicken feed for £40.
Omlet deliver, set up and give you a quick tutorial on keeping chickens as part of their service.
Will report again once we receive the order.
3 thoughts on “Chickens! – update”
How things have changed since the days of farmer Colin.
I don’t mean to pick holes in your plan but since you’re a educated man, wouldn’t it been cheaper if you built the chicken pen yourself?
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Mas’ud says: Well considering what I charge an hour professionally, it would be cheaper to buy one ready made unless you are offering to help build me one. Re: Colin’s chickens, they were for eating and not for laying eggs, these ones are specifically layers and not table birds so there won’t be little chicks running around any time soon.
Lookin’ forward to the updates
A couple of my colleagues at work keep chickens… Just a note: if you have a nice lawn like the one in the photo, bear in mind that the chickens will scratch it to pieces!