Since reading the (food)magazine, from the Fairfax people who make the (sydney) magazine (known in our house as the (pretentious) magazine), I have been considering chickens. The purpose of the magazine, apart from creating ad opportunities for large retailers, was to promote the trend of creating your own food. Whether it's growing veggies, community gardening or producing eggs. They did an experiment where three chefs had rented chooks for a week. While everyone seemed to love the eggs, only one of the three families continued with the chooks.
I have fantasies about having a couple of chooks in our backyard. But I also have fantasies about backyard footy, a trampoline, more veggie garden beds, a hammock, expanding the deck, the list goes on. So I worry that chickens are not the most practical solution for our really quite small block.
On the upside, chickens would eat a lot of scraps and produce free fertilizer.
So I am still considering.
I am also pondering chooks for our backyard block. I'm most concerned that our dog will worry them - he doesn't bark but is very playful - which could either kill them or just make for very unhappy little feathered friends.
Posted by: madeinmelbourne | November 17, 2008 at 11:18 PM