June 2, 2011
Top five hardy breeds
If you want your chickens to enjoy free ranging around the garden they’ll need to be able to cope with the Great British weather! Here we pick some of the most robust birds for the…
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Poultry
April 20, 2011
Help! Why have my girls gone bald?
I have four girls and was a complete novice when I got them last July. From about September, I noticed that three of them were beginning to become bald, firstly down the inside of the…
April 20, 2011
How many hens?
I have an average suburban garden – how many hens should I buy?
April 20, 2011
birds that egg-cell at laying
When choosing your chooks, their egg-laying prowess is a key consideration
April 11, 2011
Chicken chow
What should you feed your chickens? Laurence Beeken explains
April 11, 2011
The chickens of Chatsworth
If you like stately homes as well as hens, here is just the place for you: Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Grant Brereton paid a visit
April 11, 2011
Chickens with class
Henkeeping is all the rage at a Devon school, as Rachel Lovell reports
April 11, 2011
March 10, 2011
Ideal for newcomers
The Wernlas has been a big influence on my interest in chickens, says Grant Brereton, and I urge you to pay them a visit
March 10, 2011
Got a garden? Then you can keep chickens
It’s possible to keep chickens in any garden
March 10, 2011
What do you call your chickens?
N on-chicken-keeping friends chuckle when we mention Heidi the Appenzeller (from Switzerland), or Violet the lavender Pekin. But, if you have only a few hens in the back garden it is only natural that they…
