Chicken run

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As he publishes his new book, author and gardener Arthur Parkinson gives us an exclusive

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This year the British Hen Welfare Trust celebrates 20 years of rescuing laying hens from slaughter at the end of their commercial lives. Their work began when founder Jane Howorth MBE, watched an epis

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