Hen Stories
Below you can find stories that the HenPower Hensioners have compiled about hen keeping from the war years until now. Use the category filters to look at specific stories.
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9th January 2015 10:20
Dolan Conway, 55, Elvan Lodge
My wife's friend Sue had a cockerel with a damaged leg and it was the left leg. So it used to walk strangely on the right leg. And Sue, when she saw it walking said I'll call the hen Ministry of Silly Walks. She lives in Hartburn in Morpeth.
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