Chickens

How keeping chickens is making people happier in retirement homes. Douglas Hunter's the director of a charity called Equal Arts that set up HenPower. Audio, Gallery

Each year, Wellington streets are awash with foodies for two weeks during Wellington on a Plate. But it's not all about entrees and burgers, wine and beer. Amelia Nurse went along to an event at… Audio

Andrew Lawler's the author of 'Why Did The Chicken Cross the World?: the epic saga of the bird that powers civilisation' (Duckworth Overlook). Audio

Jonathan Branton-Casey has found homes for over 40,000 unwanted commercial hens in the past five years and spends most of his evenings tending to them on his lifestyle property in North Canterbury. Audio

The SPCA's Bob Kerridge discusses the current surfeit of male chooks needing new homes in the country. Audio

How a decision to go rural and take on the 'good life' has then led Claire Peach to show others, particularly school children, the experience of real live chickens. Audio

Archaelogists believe they may have answered how the chicken crossed the Pacific, and it could help form a pattern of human migration. Audio

Retired farmer Ken Vincent has been breeding chickens for 70 years. Audio

About a year ago, estate owner Peter Yealands started playing classical music from speakers around his vineyard in a grand experiment called "project harmony". He wanted to see if it would increase… Audio

A farmer talks about a memorable day saving a hen from a drum of molasses, courtesy of the New Zealand Sound Archives. Audio

Associate Professor and Co-Director of the New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies at Canterbury University, and author of the new book, Chicken. Audio

Kath Irvine runs Edible Backyard workshops from her garden in Ohau. She is talking about chickens. Audio

Little Portia of Panmure and young Bradley of Westmere have new playmateschooks. Their parents have just installed a hen house and chickens in their suburban gardens."Chickens@ home"is the brain child… Audio

160 eggs from our backyard coop but the chickens are getting a bit too free range for our liking. Audio

Dissecting a chook to see how eggs are made. Audio

We're off to meet the judges, breeders and chicken-fanciers at the national pigeon and poultry championships. Audio

We've been flooded with emails so chicken expert Darcy Philp answers some of your questions. Audio

The new tenants arrive in the playhouse... sorry, the chicken coop. Audio

The funky chicken-house and recreation area gets the big inspection. Audio