Police are appealing for information about the theft of eight pure-breed chickens – including one award winner – from Hanbury, near Redditch. Eight brown and gold Welsummer chickens – three cockerels ...

POLICE are appealing for information about the theft of eight rare breed chickens from a farm near Redditch. The eight brown and gold Welsummer chickens - three cockerels and five hens - had been bred ...

Keeping chickens has grown in popularity over the last few years, much as traditional crafts and home cooking have done. Perhaps it is the recession, or the example of TV chefs like Hugh ...

Rare hens are being stolen to order by gangs of chicken rustlers after prices soared to as much as £250 a bird following the high-profile campaign to promote free-range by the chefs Jamie Oliver and ...