Guides
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.
01
Before you get free range chickens, read this
The honest list of everything nobody mentions until after you have bought the coop.
02Quail or chickens? How to pick your first birds
Two very different birds, and the honest case for each of them.
03What backyard chickens actually cost
Real numbers, including the ones people leave out of the cheerful blog posts.
04Our first year: what we would tell ourselves
Twelve months of mistakes, arranged helpfully in the order you will make them.