Chicken Boy: My Life With Hens
Chicken Boy: My Life With Hens
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Most of us want a dog, or a cat, or a pony when we are young - for Arthur Parkinson, it was always hens. Growing up in an ex-mining town in Nottinghamshire, the other kids in the playground called him 'Chicken Boy'.
From the local allotments and his nan’s back garden to Chatsworth and an unlikely friendship with the late Duchess of Devonshire, this book tells the story of the love and satisfaction to be found in caring for living things.
illustrated with Arthur's 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.
Paperback, 256 pages.
Product code: BK0166.
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