OurChickens.com has been offline for the last couple of days due to the fact we have been Hacked! This resulted in my Home Page looking like the picture on the left.

I don't understand what people can possibly get out of doing this?

The only result is that I have had to waste quite a lot of time in order to restore everything to the way it was.

There really are some strange people out there. Oh well, everything has now been restored and my website is operational again.

Gits!

I have been too busy to submit any updates recently as I have just become a proud father for the first time.

Baby Dylan Collins was born on May 3rd in the city of Bristol, weighing in at 7lb 14oz.

This photo shows me holding baby Dylan when he was just a few hours old. Its all been an amazing experience so far, but with so little sleep its totally exhausting!!

I guess it gets slightly easier! Heres to the first 18 years at least !

All of our Chickens are ex-battery hens. We therefore encourage people to support the new Chicken Out! campaign which seeks to educate people why they should buy free range. There is a lot of information about this at http://www.chickenout.tv. Please sign the petition below  read more »

You may notice (on the Nightvision Camera) that one of the birds appears to be struggling to breathe at night.

This is apparently quite common in ex-battery hens and is something we are aware of and treating. She may just have to 'live with it' though, and is perfectly happy during the day.  read more »