March 10, 2011
Rare as hens’ teeth
Buying your chickens is one step, but what happens if they fall ill? Liz Shankland finds out about the shortage of specialist chicken vets
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Poultry
March 9, 2011
Sexy Svenson is in the mood
The sap is rising, and Martin Gurdon’s cockerel is responding...
March 3, 2011
Growing up with chickens
Todmorden is Britain’s incredible egg town, where good eggs are being used for education and regeneration
March 3, 2011
Chickens must have their freedoms
Before starting to keep chickens you should be aware that legally, you have a duty of care to them to fulfil their needs. These needs are based on the five freedoms
March 3, 2011
Egg problems
I have a problem with the eggs that my hens are laying. They do not lay very much now, which I was expecting, but when they do the shell is so thin that I often…
March 3, 2011
Best floor covering for hen house
Can you advise me on the best kind of covering for the floor of my chicken shed, I have been told that shavings or sawdust are the best things to use, is this correct?
February 23, 2011
My three Lemon Millefluer Sablepoot bantams
Teresa Benham tells us about her Lemon Millefleur Sablepoot bantams that she keeps at her home in Sutton-in-Ashfield
February 23, 2011
OLD ENGLISH GAME BANTAMS ARE THE BEST
We live in a built-up area in Cottingham, East Yorkshire, and have a small back garden which is home to five cute Old English Game Bantams. They wander around our enclosed plot lifting their legs…
February 23, 2011
My ex Battery hens
Rescuing ex-battery hens was the best thing Kirsty Macleod has ever done Around a year ago, I decided to bring home five scrawny hens, much to my mother’s dismay. They needed ‘help’ (in the form…
February 23, 2011
Hen Party
Stephanie Holmes holds parties to show people about henkeeping
February 9, 2011
Are there quiet cockerels?
I have three chickens – a Light Sussex and two Bluebell hens – and it is great to get fresh eggs and I also get a lot of pleasure just watching them wander about my…
