chickens
Best chicken coops in 2025: homes for your hens
Keep your chickens and hens housed cosily with our round-up of the best chicken coops on the market.
Chicken breeds: 12 of the best for beginner keepers
Have you ever thought about keeping chickens but you're not sure where to start? We spoke to poultry expert Grant Brereton to find what it takes to keep chickens and the best chicken breeds to consider introducing to your coop.
Free-range poultry farming contributing to increase in river pollution, warn authorities
An increase in the number of free-range and higher welfare poultry farms is contributing to an increase in river pollution, as rainwater washes phosphate-rich poultry manure into water courses, water authorities have warned.
Moving to the countryside Part 35: predators at large
It's the killing time as a host of predators take advantage of young animals leaving nest and burrow
Moving to the countryside Part 34: a good spring, a bad pheasant
It's been a glorious spring but not for my chickens