Chicken out: is 2008 the year of chicken chic?

If you saw Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall getting friendly with some hens yesterday and felt warm and fuzzy inside, you might want to invite some of these marvelous birds into your home. Now, depending on how serious you are about chickens, how much space you have and the amount of time you can dedicate, there are all kinds of ways you can do this. Here are a few options:

For those with a bit of space in the garden and are lucky enough to have plenty of time to spend with your birds, Eglu is the way forward. With comprehensive, online support on the Omlet site, this is the best option for first-time chicken owners.

There are many shapes and sizes of Eglu nowadays, each designed for the town garden, the first time chicken owner, the family and the eco-savvy individual.

For those of us without the space to swing a cat chicken, you might have to stick with bird-related imagery for now, but fear not -- there's plenty of that to choose from! I'm quite charmed by Love Eco's 'Peep of Chickens', currently in their sale. These fun little creatures are made of randomly-selected recycled fabrics and works brilliantly as doorstops when filled up with rice.

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