First I want to say hello, I have only 3 lovely chickens to start off with as I learn the ropes.
Secondly, my neighbours son is absolutely obsessed with the chickens. It’s really nice, but he is also feeding them huge amounts of wild bird seed and I’m a little worried. There are mounds of the stuff being poured over the fence!
I have spoken to his parents nicely and asked them to stop him doing so, which they understand.
In case this doesn’t get resolved quickly, is there any danger that this can cause harm to my chickens?
They are social creatures, 1 would get lonely! 3 was the smallest quantity the breeder would part with at once for this reason. (She would sometimes do pairs if she understood the reason and who they were going with.)
The males are really noisy and aren’t really necessary for happy hens, so most people don’t keep them as far as I know. I would like to have a male and raise chicks at some point in my life, but I live in the suburbs and couldn’t do that to my neighbours (or myself). If I ever retire to the country and have enough space I would like to do it.