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Chicken of the Week
Matilda Hen
Matilda was the original chicken of the week!
Celebrate the county's favourite livestock. Check out the Chicken of the Week and pay your respects to Matilda Hen - our "signature chicken" - who sadly left the coup in July last year.
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Hens have a natural end to their egg laying life so if you want them for eggs you have to be careful about what breed you choose.

There are hundreds of different types and varieties of chicken.

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Like it or not, chickens are a big part of life in Cambridgeshire! In fact, they are probably the most popular livestock in the entire county! And that's not a yolk! In celebration of our poultry, we bring to you, live and uncut, our Cambridgeshire Chicken of the Week!

Click on the image below for a bigger picture and to find out all about this week's Hot Chick!

Cambridgeshire Chicken of the Week

Past Chickens of the Week

Santiago
Santiago
7th - 14th June
Chicken Dinner
Roast Chicken
6th - 12th May
Saturn
Saturn
13th - 19th April
Jimi
Jimi
6th - 12th April
Frenxh Marans
French marans
20th - 26th April
Oscar
Oscar
1st - 6th April
Kloekie
Kloekie
23rd - 29th March
Rambo
Rambo
16th - 22nd March
Pam's Hen
Pam Ayres Hen
9th - 15th March
Clucky
Plucky Clucky
2nd - 8th March
Matilda
Matilda
23rd Feb - 1st March
RIP (3/7/02)

Are your chickens supreme?
Send your chicken pictures to us at [email protected] together with the following details: Name, age, where they live, personality, hobbies, dislikes, interests and plans for the future!

People keep chickens for egg laying purposes, for pleasure or for the serious business of showing.

quote I hadn’t realised till I started editing ‘Fancy Fowl’ that there is more to poultry than egg laying quote
Liz Fairbrother, editor of ‘Fancy Fowl’ magazine

Liz Fairbrother, editor of ‘Fancy Fowl’ magazine has been keeping chickens for 20 years: "I’ve always liked poultry, since I was a very small girl and living in London, so as soon as I could have some I did, but I hadn’t realised till I started editing ‘Fancy Fowl’ that there is more to poultry than egg laying".

Fancy Fowl Subscription Office Telephone: 01728 685832

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