We know that when you first start out keeping chickens it can be a bit overwhelming and you might have lots of questions. To that end we have prepared a quick start guide to chicken keeping which will hopefully help you feel more confident and excited to get started! Just click on the ‘download’ button.
Jade & Elvie’s Story
Tap tap tap tap. Those little familiar taps against my feet are all I need to know my best friend is ready to be greeted. I look down to see the sweet feathered face that made sure I started my day full of love, and that little face belongs to my pet hen, Elvie. Her […]
Rescue & Recovery Diaries: Petula’s Story
Hello, My name is Petula Cluck & here’s my story. One Saturday morning last year I was in a strange brick house in a cage with lots of other hens. This Saturday was going to be very different though! Lots of hoomans with two legs turned up & gathered us all up in too bigger […]
Quick health checks for your hens
Advice from our semi-retired Vet, Hilary La Thrope BVMS MRCVS If your hen is a bit fluffed up, standing away from the others and generally looking a bit “off” the first thing to do is ask yourself a few questions: How old is she and how long have you had her Any new additions to […]
Andrea’s Chicken Rescue Story
My name is Andrea and I live in a semi rural location in Surrey with my husband, two Maine Coon cats and four lovely rescue chickens, Beatrice, Gladys, Mabel and Marjorie (named after some of my Nanny Flo’s siblings. My actual daughter Florence bagged the best name 26 years ago!) We moved to Chobham in […]
5 Reasons why Chickens make great pets
You might be wondering why is it that people choose to share their lives with chickens when there are many other more ‘traditional’ pets out there. Well, here at CRU we’re here to tell you that we think chickens make amazing pets, particularly well deserving rescued chickens, and there are tonnes of reasons why. Today […]