How To Look After Chickens In Your Garden. All you need to keep chickens in your garden is a coop or hen house and an enclosed run. Theres an alpha hen in every flock and theyll peck.
Make sure there are one or two spots that are sheltered from both wind and rain perhaps using plastic sheeting or old fencing to section a dry area off for them. Whether in garden large or small or a run chickens and ducks need shelter especially in the winter. We have a rescue cat but she is a big softie so I dont expect any problems with the chickens.
The coop can be built to your own specifications other garden buildings such as a shed can be converted and re-purposed as a coop or most people purchase one that is either ready built or that needs assembling.
For diseases please use the Poultry Links link on the left as Im not that expert. I live in Thailand and am planning to have 12 chickens in our very large garden. Dont let them get their claws into you. The workshop focussed on how to keep chickens happy why chickens are a good investment for maintaining a sustainable garden and how to look after them especially in the summer heat.