Chicken chic: Poultry returns for all
Chickens are the new garden residents of the decade. I realised poultry had become glamorous when I sat next to the actors Keeley Hawes and her husband Matthew Macfadyen at a lunch and she showed me pictures of their hens on her iPhone.
Modern chooks will love a recyclable Eglu chicken house, with fox-proof run, feeders, 10 kilos of feed, 10 egg boxes and two live chickens £388, omlet.co.uk
Old-fashioned hens might prefer a wooden Apex hen coop and run £225, happyhutch.co.uk
For buying and keeping advice, check out downthelane.net, which lists suppliers by county and breed
The next 10 years: As debate about the sharp decline of bees rages, add a brood in their very own “Beehaus”. Beehaus and beekeeper’s protective suit for £495, omlet.co.uk
By Emma Townshend for The Independent.
(Source: independent.co.uk)