Keeping Chickens-something I'm good at?

I'm away but I though I'd post about clipping chickens wings after reading a post about it. Chickens in the yard seems to becoming a ever increasingly popular past time and there are a lot of people looking into chickens with no/little idea.
 
I’ve kept chickens on and off 30 years since I was a young-in, in urban gardens, alotments and in/next to exposed country fields with and without fencing (3 feet), and have never clipped a hen, ducks & geese are another matter but hens no.
It’s been my experience that as long as they have food & water and some interesting ground to scrach they stay confined by any natually barrier/3ft fence or within 100 feet of the their house. Its always good to have a closed in run attached to the house even if your going to let free range most of the time. It really comes in handy when the weathers bad or if you fancy a lie-in. Its also great if your going away b4 dark and not coming back until after the fox might be about. Because you can tempt them back into the house/run with treats at 2pm SO much easier than into a small evernight house without a run.

I currently have 7 chicken houses all with a attached/enclosed run with roof shelters. They mostly hate the rain and will not come out of the house when its stair rods (heavy rain)  but they will scrach about their run because its covered.
I've kept many breeds of chickens over the years and lots of hybids, each have their own merits.

I'm over wintering pairs of Black Pekin & Lavender Pekin Bantams(Pekins are a true Bantam that means they are not just a smaller version of a larger breed, they only come in small),
Trio's of Lavender cuckoo Pekins, Golden partiridge Pekins (my current fav) Lemon Cuckoo Cochins & Buff Cochins (Cochins are often thought to be the large fowl equivalent of Pekins but dna proved they are not related) and a quartet of specled sussex bantams. I also have 4 buff pekin hens without a cock.

A trio is 2hens1cock, a quartet is 3hens1cock, if you don't know what a pair is I can't help you.

I picked these breeds because they are utilly birds as in they fairly lay well (for pure breeds), you can eat them(meat) and important to me there is a market for hatching eggs. I sell hatching eggs for £5 per half dozen + p&p. I also have 2 poultry markets a year about 45minutes and a annual breed bird sale about 30minutes away. Now some people make a living out of this, I end up with free eggs/meat for myself, gifts/presents/swaps with friends and family and a little money left over each year to repay myself for past investment.