Keeping chickens in UK | How Much does it cost | UK prepper
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- Опубликовано: 13 мар 2023
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Many of you asked how it costs to keep chickens in Uk , so here is a brief video with sone pricing . Forgot to mention that hens themselves are £15 for an 14/16 week old , and cheaper if they are younger .
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I had chucks, I went down the garden to lock them up and they'd all disappeared, couldn't find them anywhere, looked around the neibours gardens , nothing. Got up the next day and they were back. I watched them to see where they were making a break for it, turns out they were roosting up the apple tree, I must have walked under them a dozen times looking for the buggers, I bet they were having a good old chuckle watching me run around like a headless chicken.
🤣 clever things they are , they could have popped all at ones and had more of a Chuckle at you
Thank you for this, most useful I had no idea. Many thanks again!
My friend keeps chickens. When her coop was attacked by a predator and killed all but 6 hens, she rushed around to my house to recover the eggs she had given me a week before. They went in the incubator and 18 of the 24 hatched!
They were obviously a mix of cocks and hens, but the unwanted males were raised for meat. So as long as you have a cockerel, replacements might not need to be so expensive.
In many places in America, you can keep hens but it is illegal to keep cockerels.
You will have predators. 3g weldmesh, not chickenwire. Lots of stimuli such asxhanging cds, fresh chard hanging in bunches and little logs or old chair to perch on. Try farming feedstores for food.
Thank you..I have had chickens for 15 years..we used a cute little garden shed (we bought the house then 6-months later added the chickens)that we converted into the chicken coop, it has 2-windows and a cement floor it really did work out in our favor..my husband used pieces of wood that was left around the property to build their nesting boxes , 3-5 foot tree branches they use to jump up on to go into their nesting boxes and a piece of lumber for their roost..the run also was made from what was around the property so we got lucky I guess..the cost for us was less then $50..I have since learned many things and that is to cut cost use leaves or grass clippings for their bedding…add colloidal silver (we make our own and oregano that I grow and forage to their water to prevent some diseases..put herbs in their nesting boxes..sprinkle diatomaceous earth to the bedding and boxes.. a wonderful helpful thing is to add cayenne pepper to their feed they can’t taste any capsaicin it helps then to lay eggs, prevent worms , a source of vitamins, as well as mice or rats eating the feed as they can taste and burns their mouths..if you ever had a rat problem believe me you will do anything to get rid of them..I live in the Country next to farms it happened to us a few years ago after all these years of living in our home and having chickens at that time 13 yrs ..the farm a couple miles away that had been abandoned for over 25 yrs disturbed the critters living there causing them to seek out other places to reside..it was a nightmare and once you see one you have 20 of them ..we set traps and poison and was able to get everyone of them..I didn’t want to use poison because any animal that ate the tainted rat would them die but we had no choice or those rats would be in our house next…I didn’t k ow about adding the cayenne pepper until recently or would have used that method..moving forward another way to save money on their feed is to grow winter squashes and to ferment their feed along with free ranging cuts their cost by 50% or more...I have yet to try this but will real soon is to layer cardboard boxes on top of each other in a area of their run ..this will bring worms and other bugs to the surface for warmth as well as to eat the cardboard after a week remove the cardboard and the chickens will have a feast and leaving composted soil that can be used for your gardens...I get lots of cardboard from home deliveries that I’m using to build up my worm bed basically since last year..never a shortage on it and it’s also free at any store…right now I have a brood then sitting on at least 4/5 eggs can’t wait for her to hatch them out..we are big egg eaters in my family so no eggs ever go to waste..lol..
Some people don’t what to buy plasters and use superglue to glue cuts , doesn’t mean is good
@@AnasFoodLifestyle ~Are you replying to my post? I certainly don’t mean to offend you Ana..
No , Johns 😊
I didnt get back into keeping a small back yard flock again to save money on eggs as much as I did for food security after the food shortages associated with the COVID Pandemic. You likely wont save much if any money if thats your goal. What you can get is chemical free, home grown, farm fresh eggs and meat. Although I am in the US...I went Speckled Sussex despite being a bit harder to come by. My flock is small due to regulations as I am on a small "allotment", I did build my coop and run considerably bigger than needed so I could expand my flock quickly if I needed to due to another shortage or glitch in the food supply chain.
Hi, thank you😊 no I’m not keeping them to save money on eggs, it’s just not possible. They are our pets and of course eggs are a bonus😁
Apple cider vinegar as a tonic once or twice a week in their water and helps with gut health (good for humans too). Crushed oyster shells for the calcium and to help with egg shell production, around £2.99 for a 2kg bag will last weeks and weeks
Thank you 😊 I do make my own apple cider vinegar for them but also choose to have different options . Mine dint like oyster shells so a feed them their egg shells after baking for few minutes 😊
Wow. I used to work in a garden centre in 2016-2019 and we charged £7.90 for pellets!
That’s crazy , mind you thought ,everything had gone up so much in price . You have to live chickens to do it 😁
My chicken first aid kit comprises of vet wrap, purple spray, veterycin eye wash, cotton pads (the ones for cosmetics), harkermectin for lice, mites and worms, and some savlon or germolene antiseptic cream. Cooled boiled water is prepared as needed, and Nettex poultry power drops bought as required.
If it can’t be treated by the above, it needs vet treatment.
@@campervan-john they end up costing you more than they’re worth purely in feed and bedding alone.
Exactly ! People have dogs , they cost a fortune and you dint get anything back apart from companionship . At least with chicks you get food 😊
@@AnasFoodLifestyle yes. I breed my chickens for eggs and meat, if I’m eating them and their eggs then they’re getting the best of everything, and when the girls get too old to lay eggs, they are getting a well deserved retirement. I wouldn’t deny any animal veterinary treatment, even if it is “just a chicken”.
Adorable!💗 🐔 What is sustainable anymore - It is all to be enjoyed for the moment. Cheers Ana 🍷🎉 I'll have mine after work! lol
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We kept chickens we didn’t keep as much kit as you have 😂 we did have one that ended up at the vets which cost us £25 I put apple cider vinegar in the water our girls were rescue chickens we gave them a great life we are now talking about getting new girls still trying to talk hubby round
Blessings Gail 🏴💕💕
I like to be prepared 😁😁 I do vinegar alternate weeks and garlic or other additive the better health . Rescuing is a great idea , poor things live in horrible conditions in those places . we wanted eggs hence gone for young chicks . He will come round 🤞😊
She is my favourite one plus they are like our pets , many would have I know
Thank you for your video.
Hmmm, I never keep track of things like "expenses". True story. That's because I never try to get the money back. It makes all the difference you know.
That being said, I'm working on five dozen eggs in just over two weeks from five Hens. I didn't think the old girls had it in them!
The eggs are "worth" $5 or $6 in the Market today (a sign at the end of the driveway) and a $25 dollar bag of feed from the local mill lasts a month, so I'm looking good I think. The thing is, I don't sell. I really couldn't be bothered dealing with people to tell the truth.
I do give them away to make up for being such a curmudgeon.
Time to try salting egg yolks methinks. Water glassing too. I need to find a supply of Pickling Lime.
I have been buying extra bags of Oyster Shell as grit and as a supplement, and bags of Diatomaceous Earth for them to fluff up in. I just sprinkle some in the wood shavings on the floor and in their nests. (Don't breath the stuff) The DE is also good to sprinkle on my whole Wheat and Oats. Keep the insects under control.
Today I reintroduced the Rooster to the Hens just in case the Broody Hen I bought last fall decides to go broody again and hatch me some chicks.
And! I'm buying six new pullets as soon as this storm stops. Why take chances? I've decided to not incubate this year. The first time in years I haven't hatched my own chicks.
These new pullets won't be laying for awhile but come next fall and I may have to sell the eggs!
But really, I'll try to find the proper trays for dehydrating the eggs first. Stored in Mason Jars with oxygen Absorbers, the dehydrated and powdered eggs could last for years. Cross my fingers.
And if I end up with too many Chickens? Well, There's no such thing as too many chickens when the canner is working.
Oh yeah, did I mention ordering 20 Meat Chicks? Good thing I did too because if I had of waited any longer, they may not have been able to fill my order.
I was going to raise them to 6lb to 8lb because that's all this family unit needs, but if I can't get more to raise I'm thinking to raise the ones I get big, like 10lb to 12lb. It takes longer and costs more but if I'm making chicken, I may as well make lots of chicken.
I can process 10 birds at a time by myself and at a 10lb average, that's 100lbs of good eating, Chicken soup, and Chicken broth.
Everybody and their dog must be "trying" to raise their own chickens this year. You know, to put such a strain on the system they are having a hard time keeping up with orders.
My Hens get a little Apple Cider Vinegar in their water and that's about it. They do get lots of table scraps and whatnot and they love to see me coming with the bucket.
Remember, if you decide to keep livestock that one day you'll own deadstock. It's the natural way of things. Even when you don't want deadstock. There it is. OR There it ain't. Foxes, Racoons and Hawks tend to leave with their victims.
Good luck!
The chicken is the best but Fred's is higher cost
Sounds like hard work to me and will get harder once the government have there wicked ways.
Probably but we shall enjoy them whilst we can , they are great pets 😊
How so, I got them for eggs and to have pet for my child . Not everything is about killing and eating
Anything that is worth doing properly is hard work. Do not get any creature if you don’t do the proper research to give that animal a healthy happy life to your best ability and more than the minimum required plus the funds to provide vet care and decent nutrition.