Chicken Boy: My Life With Hens

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We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. He has written several books on gardening most notably The Flower Yard and his first book on chickens is due out at Easter 2022. It is also the book for people who already keep hens as there is something to learn on almost every page. I really enjoyed this book and can also highly recommend his previous books The Flower Yard and The Pottery Gardener. I have found my tribe' Most of us want a dog, or a cat, or a pony when we are young - for Arthur Parkinson, it was always hens.

A perfectly balanced memoir, hen keeping guide and art/photo exhibition of the joys and realities of keeping hens. As a life-long aviculturist, I laud this book for everything it offers, including the exercise of conscience and strategic engagement with the keeping of poultry. From the local allotments and his nan’s back garden, to Chatsworth and an unlikely friendship with the late Duchess of Devonshire, a famous hen-keeper, Chicken Boy tells the story of the love and satisfaction to be found in caring for living things.Arthur Parkinson is the author of The Pottery Gardener and The Flower Yard, and the co-host, with Sarah Raven, of the popular Grow, Cook, Eat, Arrange podcast. This hugely informative, joyful and amusing book has me desperately wondering and hoping that I could, after all, find space in my small garden for a few chickens. This is for more than that, lovely narrative and packed with information that’s given in a warm and friendly way. If the initial age verification is unsuccessful, we will contact you asking you to provide further information to prove that you are aged 18 or over. It also made me realise that I am not in a position to get chickens and that to get them would be entirely for my own pleasure and that is not the point.

Illustrated with Arthur’s own characterful watercolours and photographs of his ‘girls’, and laden with practical hen-keeping tips, gardening advice and introductions to common, rare and pure breeds, Chicken Boy is a one-of-a-kind memoir of a life in nature. Came away with a much deeper understanding of my hens, what they need and how I can improve their lives for the better. From the allotments of Nottinghamshire to Chatsworth and an unlikely friendship with the late Duchess of Devonshire, a famous hen-keeper, this memoir – illustrated by the author – tells the story of the love and satisfaction to be found in caring for living things.With delightful anecdotes, practical insights, and a dash of humour, this book celebrates the simple pleasures of connecting with nature and the enchantment that comes from sharing your life with these feathered friends. His writing and photography are regularly featured in the Daily Telegraph , and have appeared in The Times , Country Life and Country Living , among other magazines and newspapers; he has also featured in BBC Two's Gardeners' World .