It’s been a couple of months since our last Chicken of the Month but here are the results of the final one of 2021. A December special and it’s fair to say that those lovely chickens getting into the Christmas spirit got the most votes. Here are the top 3, in reverse order. 3rd place went to Fagin with Christmas jumper owned by Jodie Fawcett   Runner up was this beauty (with a beard to rival Santa) owned by Kiera Ellen.   And the winner was …. Ruff a young Buff Orpington from Nicola Hutchinson Well done to everyone who entered, voted and to the finalists and the winners. Keep an e ..read more

Available NOW. Our best ever, self-calibrating, upgraded ChickenGuard Premium is now available We’re so confident that chicken keepers will love the new features that make our ChickenGuards even more reliable and secure than before, that we offer a 3 year warranty on all our products.   Check out the new range of auto chicken coop door openers here. 1. Multiple Power Sources  There’s now even more choice – to power using a DC plug as well as batteries and USB. The new battery warning light is visible from 100 meters away, perfect for those darker mornings and nights. 2. Automati ..read more

Here is a fabulous “not to be missed” prize – a brand spanking new Chicken Coop for your hens worth a whopping £549 made by the brilliant people at Henlays Animal Products. The coop is “perfect for poultry, perfect for people and perfect for the planet” because it’s made from 100% recycled plastic. PLUS the winner will receive the very latest ChickenGuard Premium, which is now self-calibrating, has an auto-stop feature AND can be powered by USB, battery or mains. Should you be lucky enough to win, you’ll be one of the first people in the UK to own ..read more

Wow. A really close vote this month. So much so that we have a tie for second place. But there was a winner. Here are the winners in reverse order, starting with the two who tied for second place. The first runner up was, Jess Noon’s photo of Geraldine going for a morning walk.    Joint second place went to Laura Murphy with this photo of her Chicken Linda and her daughter Rhiannon     But the winner this month was …. Eggnog, with her first hatched    Well done to everyone who entered, voted and to the finalists and the winners. Keep an eye out for our next Chi ..read more

We really should have done this sooner. But better late than never. Tales from the Coop – Introducing the ChickenGuard Chicken Family. Update – 1st October 2021 We have names for the new drakes. We had loads of suggestions when we did a shoutout for names over on social media. Thanks to you all for your suggestions. Special thanks to Lisa Mucha Vargo who was our favourite. So now they are called, Cheese and Quackers.   Update – 29th September 2021 Such sad news, but Cheepy has passed away. A sad loss to us all and she will be sorely missed in the coop. RIP Cheepy.   Introducing – 8t ..read more

The voting was very close this month. There was one vote between first and second place right until the last few hours. Thanks to everyone who entered and all of the finalists. Here are the winners this month, in reverse order. Third place went to Tanya Reynolds with this photo of Isabella holding one of her ‘babies’   Second place went to Rebecca Liddle with Nathaniel and Maoam.   But the winner this month, was this brilliant photo of Wanda owned by Danielle Martinello. Awesome.   There you have it, the winners from August 2021. Keep an eye out for our next Chicken of the Mo ..read more

We’ve teamed up with the lovely people at Feathers & Beaky* to offer you this great chicken prize hamper worth over £300! The hamper includes everything you need to keep your chicks happy and healthy. Including nutritious food and treats plus a Treat Dispenser, Chicken Drinker and Vegetable Holder. To that lot we’re adding a ChickenGuard Self Locking Door Kit AND ChickenGuard Premium. Did we mention, the whole lot is worth over £300, that’s a lot to spoil your gorgeous chickens with. Here’s the small print Terms and Conditions for the ChickenGuard and Feathers & Beaky Prize Draw Septem ..read more

Literally hundreds of you voted in this Months Chicken of the Month competition. But there can only be one winner (though they are ALL winners in our opinion). Thanks to everyone who entered and thanks to the 12 finalists. Here are the top 3, in reverse order as voted by you. Third place this month went to Dorothy, owned by Shelly Lee Tyson   Second place went to Mr Frizzle, owned by Tanya Reynolds   And … the winner this month, was Lightning owned by Tamsin Keeley James   There you have it, the winners from July 2021. Keep an eye out for our next Chicken of the Month competi ..read more

Jenny is a visiting lecturer at Winchester University and we’d really love it if you could help her out with this survey. Jenny is keen to carry out an extremely comprehensive survey on non-commercial chicken ownership. The results will be used to promote chicken welfare. So it’s a great thing for us all to do. Here’s what the university says … “Please fill out this survey to help enhance backyard chicken welfare! This research is being completed by Jenny Mace, ex-commercial hen carer and visiting lecturer at the University of Winchester. The survey seeks to collect the most detailed and compr ..read more

Here are the results of our June 2021 Chicken of the Month competition. And it is not often that you get the opportunity to say that ‘Gladys beat Beyoncé’ but in this competition we can. We’ll be running another competition sometime soon for July. Keep you eyes tuned in to our Facebook page so you don’t miss it. Here are those winners in reverse order. Third place this month went to Reginald, a little Dutch Bantam owned by Jasmin Yu   Second place went to Beyoncé, a Copper Maran owned by Josh Schaefer   And the winner this month, was Gladys owned by Claire Read and pictured here wi ..read more