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How to Break a Broody Hen
Have a broody hen that just isn’t getting the message of “no more babies?” Try these tips on how to break a broody hen.
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Britain’s First Chicken Hotel Expands
“Our motto is that a happy chicken makes a happy home!”
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Chickens Help Parishioners Achieve Their Eco Goals
It’s lovely to be able to help people connect with animals. Kids get excited about collecting their chickens and you know they’re going to be loved and looked after
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Former Convicts find Hope for the Future in Chicken Keeping
Add to Favorites At Southwell Hostel in Nottinghamshire, England, an ‘Enabling Environment’ project is underway to give ex-convicts who’ve recently left prison confidence, responsibility, and focus as they transition to …
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Naughty Chickens Help People with Mental Health Problems in London
Sydenham Garden welcomes a mental health group three times a week to interact with the therapy chickens.
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Two Authors Whose Chickens Inspired them to Write Books!
Have your chickens ever given you a burst of inspiration for a story? These two authors were so charmed by their chickens’ funny ways, they decided to write about them.
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Fresh Start for Hens
Fresh Start for Hens is a British not-for-profit organisation, run by volunteers who collect hens from poultry farms at the end of their commercial lives, and find them new homes with people who want to keep them as pets.
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Challenging Times for British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT)
Just before the pandemic, the British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT) built a brand-new Visitor Center in North Devon, England.
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Meet the Prehistoric Chickens at Barnacre Alpacas
The Golden Brahma hens are a favourite with visitors too. They look like prehistoric birds, with fluffy feet.
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Writing With Chickens
Novelist Della Galton lives in Dorset, England, with her partner, Gordon, a flock of chickens, and three dogs. She enjoys baking carrot cake with her hens’ eggs, and routinely forgets to include the carrots, usually finding them on the kitchen worktop an hour later.
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