Chickens are really
attractive additions to any garden.
They can help with recycling and
garden maintenance and
can clean up colonies of insects.
They make great pets and can warn
you of intruders by the noise they
make.
They also scratch, aerate and fertilize the soil as well as produce eggs.
They eat pests and bugs and consider
plants we call weeds to be delicacies.
weeds
Chicks can also provide an income for us if we
sell the eggs.
In return for all this, we need to
protect our chickens and
look after their needs.
Chicks need a clean area with access to shade
and sunlight and a place to scratch and forage for
food.
Chicks need a hen house to protect them
from predators at night.
A perch should be available for
roosting.
Chicks need food and water daily. They enjoy small garden worms,
dinner scraps and vegetable peelings.
watererwormsscraps
They also like to eat ‘chick
crumble’ from the pet store, grain,
seeds, fruit, lettuce, toast and
cress.
cresslettuce
grain
seeds
toastfruit
They can be fun and pay their own way as
well.
We need to look after our chicks so we can enjoy many
happy and productive years
with them.