Keeping chickens is rising in popularity as more people embrace the delight of a daily delivery of fresh eggs from their own happy home hens. You may think that the sight and sound of contented clucking chickens scratching around in the garden is just for those living a rural idyll, but you can keep hens in urban gardens, too.
‘There are now 1.2 million fowl kept as pets in the UK. During lockdown, our waiting lists were longer than ever, with almost 30,000 hens reserved,’ says Jane Howorth, founder of the British Hen Welfare Trust. Before you go ahead, however, check there are no restrictions on keeping poultry in your area.
Sourcing hens
‘We’d encourage everyone to adopt ex-commercial chickens.
