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Written from our own garden

Everything here comes from birds we actually keep. Where we got it wrong the first time, we've said so.

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01

Twelve years with a French bulldog

The honest version, from someone who would still do it again.

6 min
02

Living with a pug: the truth about owning one

Enormously good company, with a list of caveats you should read first.

7 min
Ethel's Farm

A family, a garden, and rather too many birds. We film what happens and write down what we learn.

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Guides

  • Keeping chickens through a British winter
  • Before you get free range chickens, read this
  • Quail or chickens? How to pick your first birds
  • What backyard chickens actually cost
  • Our first year: what we would tell ourselves
  • Quail 101 — the complete guide
  • All guides →

Tools

  • Incubation calculator
  • Coop & run size calculator
  • Feed & running cost calculator
  • Which chicken breed suits you?
  • Brooder temperature schedule

The farm

  • Meet the flock
  • About us
  • YouTube channel
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