July 15, 2011
The gardener’s friend …or enemy?
Charlotte Popescu, an experienced henkeeper, gardener and author of chicken books, is in no doubt: hens are gardeners’ friends. You just need to know what you are doing, and take a few precautions …
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Poultry
July 14, 2011
KEEPING CHICKENS IN SMALL SPACES
Kate Fox describes how she designed a system for keeping chickens in a small space in her narrow back garden in Midhurst, West Sussex
June 20, 2011
Addicted to chickens
Gilly Filsner and Richard Stott started out with two hens …. and now have 200! They also show their birds and use their eggs to make delicious cakes … and even special bread
June 18, 2011
Hens in HOT WEATHER
Francine Raymond has some tips for caring for your birds when things heat up…
June 17, 2011
In love with Bantams
Jeremy Hobson describes the fun and pleasure these wonderful little birds have given him over the years – and suggests that you will be captivated too
June 16, 2011
The battery hen battle
Jane Howorth, founder of the British Hen Welfare Trust, explains the history behind the campaign to give farmed chickens a better life.
June 16, 2011
GARDEN-FRIENDLY BREEDS
Breeds that are best for the keen gardener. By Charlotte Popescu
June 8, 2011
What stuff do I need to keep some chickens?
I am getting some chickens for my birthday. Do I need any special equipment? Linda Cranmer, Brighton
June 8, 2011
What chicken? Practical, Pretty or Pets? We rate the breeds
In this and the next two issues of ‘Your Chickens’, Jeremy Hobson offers some ‘star-rated’ suggestions as to which breeds might best fulfil certain criteria.
June 8, 2011
The good coop guide
There is a huge variety of chicken houses on the market. Ben Kaye checks out the choice
June 6, 2011
What should I use to roof my run?
I am getting some hens soon and I am making a large, 12ft x 6ft permanent run. I am wondering whether to put a clear corrugated roof on the half above the coop to protect…
