Life Not so Good for Chicken Keepers ; Inspired by the Classic Tv Show the Good Life, Thousands of People Turned to Keeping Poultry As a Hobby. All That has Been Put at Risk, However, by the Bird Flu Crisis, As Rural Affairs Reporter Sarah Probert Reports

Birmingham Post › April 11, 2006

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A generation of suburban homeowners opted to follow the example of Tom and Barbara Good and chose a piece of the good life by becoming chicken keepers.

The recent case of bird flu in Scotland may not have impacted on supermarket sales of poultry and eggs, but elsewhere it is a different picture.

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Life Not so Good for Chicken Keepers ; Inspired by the Classic Tv Show the Good Life, Thousands of People Turned to Keeping Poultry As a Hobby. All That has Been Put at Risk, However, by the Bird Flu Crisis, As Rural Affairs Reporter Sarah Probert Reports

Sales of ducks and chickens have slumped, with many newcomers to the popular hobby holding back until all signs of bird flu disappears.

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