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My Feathered Pests

There are many garden gremlins but chickens are the worst!

Going Up In The World

Martin’s birds have some new accommodation

Reduce The Risks!

How can henkeepers help to keep their birds safe and minimise the risk of contracting and spreading disease? Grant Brereton spoke to our poultry vet, Victoria Roberts

Are These Lice Dangerous?

Are These Lice Dangerous?

The Good Eggs!

Pure breeds developed for egg laying, with Andy Cawthray.

Sneaky Egg Layers

They should be treasured!

Get Biosecure Bedding

Wood fibre bedding can aid in preventing red mite in poultry.

Get The Feed Right

Advice from Lisa Mancell at Farmgate.

Broody Or Incubator?

Poultry keepers frequently debate the merits of hatching chicks with a broody hen or an incubator. Henkeeper ANNA TWITTO has tried both options and considers the pros and cons.

Charlotte's Poultry

Charlotte Carnegie has built a thriving poultry business in Wiltshire, and has even featured on TV.

Hens At The Double

Ben and cheryl tompsett have two thriving poultry businesses in kent. They talked to john wright.

The House That Nat Built

Nathan Levick is a furniture designer – and a henkeeper. He used his professional skills to create his own chicken house…

Wonderful Wyandottes

Grant Brereton is one of the leading experts on Wyandottes. Here he extols the virtues of this beautiful breed

Holiday Hiccup

Things didn’t quite go according to plan when Michelle Dunn took a break from her chickens

A Time Of Turmoil

Charlotte has to downscale

Horses And Hens

This month, Jeremy Hobson talks with Joanne Southall-Campbell, a French-living ex-pat, keen showjumper, mounted archery enthusiast and avid chicken keeper

Fight The Mite

Red mite can be a nightmare for the poultry keeper. Grant Brereton looks at the problem, and our vet, Victoria Roberts, offers some solutions

They Enrich Our Lives

We talk to a henkeeper from Northern Ireland who just loves her ex-bats

A Great Stress-Buster

In this month’s column, Jeremy Hobson talks to Fergus Collins – editor of the BBC Countryfile magazine and chicken enthusiast. Fergus lives in Monmouthshire.

Chick-Napper Alert

Beware the hens who have too much maternal instinct

The Good Eggs

Pure breeds developed for egg laying. This month: The Welsummer

A-Roaming We Go

Charlotte’s hens were born under a wandering star

Poultry Keeping Made Easy

Keep out! VOSS electric fence keeps poultry safe

W Is For Weather Part 2

Feathered ephemera: An eclectic alphabet of chicken facts with a difference.

Are They Musical?

Do chickens appreciate music? Michelle Dunn investigates…

Freya's Fancy

We feature a budding poultry star who is just seven years old

Slasher Gives A Scare

Araucana has a spell in ‘hospital’

Snow Fascination

Charlotte’s hens seemed to take to the white stuff...

Bird Flu Is Back

Defra is calling on all poultry keepers to observe strict biosecurity measures as wild birds carrying avian influenza have been found in several areas of the UK

Beaky Faces A Battle

A bantam in Michelle’s flock faces a hard time when her mother dies