The rise of the urban chicken keeper in Bristol - VIDEO
While the dream of the good life may be far fetched for many of us urban dwellers, one way of re-connecting with the way our food is produced is proving much more realistic.
Urban chickens are fast becoming a booming business. With an estimated 700,000 back garden chickens in the UK, interest in producing your own eggs looks like it's here to stay.
Catherine Jameson, part of the co-operative which runs Bramble Farm in Knowle West, looks at what it takes to become a back garden chicken farmer.
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Catherine is speaking about urban chickens today at the Garden Life Show. For more information visit Garden Life Show
Comments
by Charlespk
Friday, May 11 2012, 9:31PM
“Good Luck one and all. . Maybe then you'll start listening to the farmers and hunters.
http://tinyurl.com/6fp4hp3 (open in a new window)”
by Gavin
Friday, May 11 2012, 9:21PM
“Check out urban ducks - eggs are even nicer, no more trouble to keep, don't scratch or peck your garden (just protect seedlings - they trample). And like chickens ducks will eat your snails and ducks.”
by pepipar
Friday, May 11 2012, 5:00PM
“Would love some but with the number of foxes we have living in the city not sure how long they'd last...”
by harry12911
Friday, May 11 2012, 4:35PM
“not in my back yard !”
by tomtom1001
Friday, May 11 2012, 4:24PM
“That's a good tip groovygems - thanks! Love the faces of the children in the video when they collected the eggs - don't get that at the supermarket”
by groovygems
Friday, May 11 2012, 4:01PM
“tomtom1001 put a layer of wire on top of the grass and move the coop every few days,the lawn will be fine.”
by BrizBilly
Friday, May 11 2012, 3:00PM
“by tomtom1001
you would have no lawn, certainly in thier pen”
by MarkBS9
Friday, May 11 2012, 2:59PM
“There is a fowl theme to this article, BEP, but it is otherwise eggs-tremely well written.”
by tomtom1001
Friday, May 11 2012, 2:39PM
“Always fancied having a couple in the back garden - not sure what they'd do to the lawn but love the idea of fresh eggs in the morning”
by groovygems
Friday, May 11 2012, 1:22PM
“had mine for early 3 years now,would never go back to buying from a supermarket,even for the so called free range !!”