This is a true story sent in to us by Sarah McFarland from Paradise in Northern California. It is in Sarah’s own words and tells how her family and her chickens survived the Camp Fire in California.
Read MoreWe recently wrote about some of the reasons chicken keeping is on the rise including the reward of fresh, free range eggs and the influence of the organic, local food movement. Here we’ve further reviewed our survey and discuss more of the reasons you give for keeping chickens like garden pest control, entertainment, and how developing technology, like ChickenGuard, makes it more practical to keep chickens.
Read MoreIn need of some inspiration for a Christmas git. Check out some of our great ideas for you, your girls and the chicken keeper on your list. From chicken keeping books to personalised wooden “chicken design” spoons. Read on…
Read Morekeeping a small flock or just one or two hens as pets is on the rise. Here we have a look at some of the reasons and we will post again shortly to cover more
Read MoreHappy Pants Ranch is a little safe haven for over 100 unwanted and abandoned animals. Tremendously dedicated, they put in an extraordinary amount of time and effort to help rescue and rehome a range of pets… read more about their work here
Read MoreYou can see the new ChickenGuard Self-Locking Door kit is already popular with Adam Bailey Rescues’ chickens!
Read More“Barney’s Animal Rescue is small and run by myself, Sarah and Joanne” says Sonia “we have the brilliant help and support of foster carers, transporters, fundraisers, home-checkers.” Read more about the work Barney’s do and the comments we received.
Read MoreWonky Pet Rescue specialise in all sorts of rescue animals including around 250 poultry. Read about the work they do and how you might help.
Read MoreWe ran a competition asking you what treat makes your flock get into a lava, dashing round the run and clucking as if their lives depended on it. You responded as chicken owners do – with enthusiasm and bucket loads of ideas. We compiled all the answers and put them together to give you a taste of the results!
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