Keeping Hens: A Chatty Guide to Chickens, Furnival Jane

Keeping hens is easy. This friendly, chatty book gives you all the everyday information you need to keep your hens happy and safe. It covers all the questions you might have: How many hens to keep? What to feed them? What about a cockerel? Will they get on with the dog or destroy the vegetable patch?

Jane Furnival shares her decade of experience with a back garden flock, which over the years included battery rescue hens and cockerels. As youd expect from the Queen of Thrift, Janes top tips include no-nonsense money-saving ideas and practical suggestions. This chatty guide also includes instructions on how to build a hen house by Janes husband Andy.

Janes hilarious and heartwarming stories of life with Winchester the cockerel and his hen-pecked retinue will entertain animal lovers and inspire anyone who is thinking about keeping chickens.

About the Author

Jane Furnival was the author of cult bestseller Mr Thriftys How to Save Money on Absolutely Everything, and became TVs Queen of Thrift as presenter of the BBC1 series Smart Spenders, and a regular on GMTV.