Any vegans or vegetarians out there that have taken in rescue chickens

Interesting question: how could vegans, who regard keeping chickens for egg production as a bad thing, do so themselves?

Yep, all our 50 chickens are rescues. Feel free to email me for any advice about them, no problem at all.

Rather than type in a whole load of stuff, which would amount to many pages of advice, I'd prefer to wait to see if you contact me,.

sorry, but its not worth typing all the advice you need about chickens without knowing its going to be used.

Chickens r not too difficult to care for & do wonders for keeping bugs out of the yard. Just be sure they r legal to keep in ur area(some places do not allow live stock), & be sure when u build the coop, it is secure against raccoon, cats, etc. the last thing u want is to find an empty coop or killed chicken.

There r some websites that give instructions/idea on how to build a proper coop.
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Build-a-Chicken-Coop---6-Crucial-Elements-on-Building-a-Chicken-House&id=477219
http://backyardchickens.com/

how would you get them? seriously, i want to do this someday!

I would recommend just buying a hen house as it is alot easier & safer. You can check out the new Eglu chicken coops at omlet using the link below.

http://omlet.co.uk/products_services/products_services.php

The coops r made of plastic which is better than wood as it does not get infected with those 'lil red insects' & does not have to be treated.

There r two options, which I wo not bother explaining as u can just look on the website. It is fantastic providing u live in the UK.

Below is another link to the omlet website. This link tells u everything u need to know about keeping chickens.

http://omlet.co.uk/guide/guide.php?view=Chickens

I've been looking into getting chickens myself too. Omlet r the best I've found & I've done alot of research. They've got loads of great videos & pictures & I found them very useful. Good luck with u chickens!! :)

make a small wooden ''house'' for them, make sure that they each have a little nesting area with straw, a friend of the family had chickens and he had a little wooden ramp leading into their hen house, I think you can give them corn, or there hen feed you can get at a pet store of farm supply store.

No, but that sounds amusing to me. We used to raise chickens when I lived with my uncle. They lived in a shack attached to a barn. They had a perch that was easy to jump to that was a round pole that ran to both walls & was around 2 or 3 inches diameter. They liked to sleep on it. There were old little apple boxes made out of wood that was filled with hay were they would go to lay eggs & cluck around. There was a covered inner area outside of their sleeping & laying area that had hay in it. I suppose that was in case it rained so they could still walk around. Then there was the outside area that did not have no hay. It was made of wood about 3 or 4 feet up so they did not see any predators outside that would stress em out. Chicken wire to about 8 feet tall after that. We'd let them out during the day & let them mosy about the land. They'd come home to roost on their perch in the evening. I do not think about saving chickens much, but if u do, that is nice. Hope they have pleasant lives.

Kittens yes, chicken no

and a old dog named Austin, a Boston Terrier afflictec with cataracts..

am also not a vegatarian or vegan


for chickens u need a bit of land, not much since ther r only two of them. Henhouse should be raised if pests such as rodents r a potential problem. A two foot by three foot wooden one is good enough. Despite what u may think, they need a snug home to roost in. layer with straw of for anest or some other material that is confortable. allow them to scratch around during the day. Pet stores have feeds that u can buy.