January 21, 2016
Simon says
This month, Jeremy Hobson talks to Simon Pickles, an enthusiastic and knowledgeable chicken-keeper and exhibitor, who is also one of the mainstays of the Poland Club of Great Britain.
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Poultry
December 22, 2015
Jamie’s chickens
Jamie Oliver is famous as a celebrity chef, restaurateur, media personality and campaigner for better food education. He is also a keen chicken keeper! Here he talks about the passions that drive his work
December 22, 2015
Bantams are best
In this feature series, we are asking our writers to choose the perfect flock for the back garden, one that is attractive, interesting, stable, harmonious and with a good level of egg production. This month:…
December 10, 2015
Hens by design
Sophie Allport is a designer whose work features on many of her fine bone china, kitchen and home textiles. Sophie loves chickens and takes some of her inspiration from those of her best friend and…
December 3, 2015
A time to moult
Martin Gurdon’s hens are shedding feathers galore….
December 3, 2015
A bit of gossip….
Janine Marsh’s neighbour Jean-Pierre really has something to talk about now
November 30, 2015
Meet the VIPs (Very Important Poultry)
Annette Casey visits an Oxfordshire school where chickens have a key role
November 30, 2015
A time to rest
Charlotte Popescu’s hens take a well-earned break. There have also been some losses…
November 30, 2015
A tricky decision
In this feature series, we are asking our writers to choose their perfect flock for the back garden, one that is attractive, interesting, stable, harmonious and with a good level of egg production. This month:…
November 3, 2015
Off to a show ‘The latest from Charlotte Popescu and her chickens’
Jodie and her chicks prove a hit with the children
November 3, 2015
Effie’s Garden ‘Jo Barlow, from Cornwall, writes about her ex-battery hens’
Jo had plans to reclaim some of her garden for the humans … but it was not to be
