Latest articles from Janice Houghton-Wallace
What to look for when buying poultry
How to buy poultry Janice Houghton-Wallace looks at the options available
Keeping chickens can lead to you showing off
Keeping chickens in the back garden, allotment or smallholding can easily lead to another pastime, that of showing them. Now some of you may think that this is something that strays away from the down to earth, living off the land approach, but it need not necessarily be so.
Becoming a new turkey owner
DECIDING on which breed of turkey to buy can be difficult as there are more than people generally realise. The Norfolk Black, the oldest breed originating in the UK, should be coal black all over, with no hint of other colour in the feathering.
How to choose your chickens
Janice Houghton-Wallace looks at the pitfalls and pleasures of buying poultry.
Turkeys in love need help
Females need to be protected from their Valentines says Janice Houghton-Wallace
Not just a Christmas feast - Some turkeys do escape the festive slaughter says Janice Houghton-Wallace
EACH year over 10 million turkeys are devoured during the festive holiday and some of these have been reared by smallholders intent on producing their own special meal.
Keeping poultry responsibly - Janice Houghton-Wallace ponders on whether we do look after chickens properly
THE RSPCA'S cruelty figures for 2007 were horrendous, exposing a 34 per cent increase in convictions for cruelty to dogs (1,197 in 2007), a 15 per cent increase in convictions for cruelty to cats (277 in 2007) and a 12 per cent increase in RSPCA cruelty investigations bringing the total to 137,245 in 2007.
Opportunity for smallholders - Janice Houghton-Wallace meets John Kirkpatrick, of the Traditional Meat Marketing Company
NOT many people, apart from those in the commercial poultry industry, will know the name of John Kirkpatrick. However, when I tell you he was the man who came to the aid of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall when his broiler unit "experiment" set up for the Channel 4 "Hugh's Chicken Run" programmes needed a manager, he will be much more recognisable.
The reality of cheap chicken - Janice Houghton-Wallace looks at the effect of the ‘Chicken Out’ campaign
MILLIONS of people must have experienced a steep learning curve this January, as Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver set about explaining to the public the difference in living conditions between free-range and broiler chickens via a week of hard-hitting television programmes.