You ve heard of pampered pooches, now make way for chickens who turn their beaks up at run-of-the-mill hen houses. Chicken ownership boomed in lockdown as people took on new hobbies, with many trying to recreate the 70s sitcom about self-sufficiency, The Good Life, in their own back gardens.
Hen re-homing charities report soaring demand for birds and, while most are housed in simple coops, a lucky few live in far grander surroundings. SADIE NICHOLAS meets the fowl who d get in a flap if they had to live in anything less than these well feathered nests.
Lives of luxury for feathered friends