WELCOME

Hi there, and welcome to the chicken keeper, this blog is devoted to the keeping of chickens, and the trials and tribulations that go with it, I also would like to share my D.I.Y tips and ideas. We started keeping chickens in September 2008, which is about the time I started on the recycling drive, and self sufficient lifestyle. List of Poultry we have at present, 4 Brown Shavers, two are in lay, two aren’t laying at the moment, the others are one Minorca, (in lay), one Light Sussex, and one Wyandotte Gold Lace . At present we live on a 1/3 of an acre with a creek running through the back, in Waitakere City, which is part of the greater Auckland area in the North Island of New Zealand, although i’m originally London/Irish and the other half is from Waterford, in Ireland. We arrived from the UK in April 2008, the aim is to attain 10 acres, to become truely self sufficient.
I work as a local handyman, and the other half is a teacher at the local primary school, we feel we have moved to a lovely community, we have already met half the street, mainly through the fact that we are keeping chickens, unlike other big cites of the world people still stop each other in the street for a chat, or strike up conversation with strangers, a forgotten pastime.
Comments are very welcome, I hope you enjoy the site and maybe find some of it useful.