Livestock
Keeping Chickens Warm in Winter
Brrr! It’s getting colder! Time to start preparing for the colder months, and that includes prepping our pets too, particularly if they live outdoors. Marie from Wood Green gives some advice on how to care for your chickens throughout the winter months.
Care Guide for Keeping Chickens
With our interests to live a more sustainable life growing, keeping pet chickens in our back gardens is becoming more and more popular. For those of you considering to buy or rehome chickens, we have pulled together some key points for you to consider.
Advice for Buying Pigs
Journalist and author of the ‘Haynes Pig Manual’, Liz Shankland, is an expert on pig keeping and smallholding. She gives us some advice on what to consider if you’re thinking about buying pigs.
Micro Pigs – A Beginner’s Guide
It’s important to do your research before giving any animal a forever home and this is especially so for pigs, which have a long life and some very particular needs. If you’re thinking of buying a micro or mini pig, please read on for our beginner’s guide to keeping this most unusual pet.
Buying and Selling Goats, Sheep or Pigs
Not many people know that you have to be registered with Defra if you want to buy, sell or keep such animals, even as pets. We spoke to Jane Ross of Martins Park who explained what was involved in registering your herd.