Chooks are no longer birds that eke out a living up the back in a bare yard. We’ve realised that while they are small their personalities are huge. Besides laying eggs and producing fertiliser, fowls can be rewarding pets as well.
Perhaps the biggest shift has been in appreciation of their appearance. In the past, hens were largely black, red or white, but today we see many birds with sensational feather patterns and quirky features like beards, muffs and crests. Forget drab — we’ve entered an era of glamour.
A range of novel-looking breeds has become available over the past few years. This is due to the dedicated work of AvGen, who sourced breeding stock in the UK to supply fertile eggs, paid breeding quarantine costs and had fertile eggs flown to…
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Good Organic Gardening (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue #12.5 - 2021