Chick Pea from seed

Hi all, has anyone had any experience of growing chick peas?  I got some seed at RHS Hampton Court but there are no instructions with them.  Just wondering will they be ok if I sow them in pots and transplant them (mice take all my pea seeds).  Also when is the best time to sow them and what distance apart?

Thanks I have a small patch for them so I will give them a go.

I grew some last year: they germinated well in modules and grew fast when planted out after the last frost, and started to flower. They got mown off by a rabbit, but threw out more side shoots and flowered again. Each plant had around seven or eights pods, each with two chickpeas, but if they had not had that set back I reckon they would have done even better.

Just a few twiggy sticks to hold them up, and grew them out on the open plot too. Definitely worth a go!

They seem to need a lot of water so as long as you're happy watering regularly, then I don't see why not.  I grew about 25 plants in about a square metre, so they don't take up a lot of room.  They are not very tall growing about a foot or so, with side branches.