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ChickenGeorge: Winter gone by

7th November – An egg in the coop, and one in the garden 8th – 30th November – The chickens are getting very friendly and follow us when we appear in the garden.  Sounds crazy but sometimes they seem to be speaking to us. When we first started, we  bought layers pellets and corn, we [...]

ChickenGeorge: Battery Hens Make Freedom

Our journey in chicken keeping has begun by rescuing 6 chickens from a battery farm.  Soon after our decision we received a call from the rescue centre asking us to take on1 more chicken – 6 then became 7.  The benefit of working with a rescue centre is the chickens have already been vaccinated and [...]

Chicken Out!

ChickenGeorge will tell the story of a converted shed in a normal British semi-setached house, 7 ex-battery chickens and the journey to keep them healthy over the seasons.

Food, glorious food!

Eating in an ethical way has been important to me for a long time – whilst in the UK it was easy to shop for organic, free range, fair trade or local produce but as an expat I was expecting it to be a bit harder.  My first trip to the supermarket in Norway was [...]