Fancy Fowl Magazine

15/08/2025

The Fancy Fowl team are so sorry to see this news. We loved being back at The Poultry Club’s National Show last year, and were hugely looking forward to returning to a poultry filled hall again in November.

Of course we’ll cover the National Egg Show, and want to put on record our thanks to The Poultry Club Trustees - particularly Lee Grant & Jon Grubb - for all of their work on this issue.

As the ‘fancy’s magazine’ we will support in anyway we can to bring poultry shows back - crucial to the future of our traditional and rare breeds of poultry, and a cornerstone of our heritage.

And of course in the meantime we’ll continue to bring you your monthly issue of Fancy Fowl Magazine and we continue to hugely appreciate your support.

14/08/2025

🚨 Calling all breeders of yellow legged breeds, past and present! 🚨

We’re looking for your top tips on how to get the best yellow legs on your birds! 💛

Everything from how you house your birds, to keeping them fit and trying to avoid feather discolouration through feeding or their environment. All and any advice very welcome for a piece we’re pulling together for a future issue of Fancy Fowl Magazine.

Please either comment below, or pop us a Direct Message. 😊

Photos clockwise:

Geoff Parker’s blue silver pencilled Wyandotte bantams; Robin Ramus’ buff Rock bantams; Christine & Karl Norman’s Indian Game bantam female; Adrian & Lindsay Keep judging Rhode Island Reds; New Hampshire Red female of Team Wakeham’s.

Photographers: Grant Brereton, Rupert Stephenson, Joshua Kittle Photography, Jed Dwight

07/08/2025

We often get include show reports by fancier friends in Australia, but thanks to Cathy Newton and Cameron Taylor, it was great to feature the New Zealand National in our August issue of Fancy Fowl Magazine!

The feature includes an extensive gallery of photos together with a report on the show.

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06/08/2025

Thanks to input from many of you, we have a really great spread in our August issue of Fancy Fowl Magazine, sharing advice on how to keep foot feathered breeds in the best possible condition!

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04/08/2025

Our August issue of Fancy Fowl Magazine is dropping through doors, and this month features a handsome large Buff Orpington c**k bird - bred and photographed by Matt Hemsley.

Matt has taken the Buff Orpington world by storm, winning Best of Breed at both the Federation and National Shows last year! Inside the magazine you can read our ‘At Home with’ interview with Matt which makes for a really interesting read.

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25/07/2025

Wyandotte Wonders!

We LOVE a photo gallery at Fancy Fowl Magazine, and few breeds put on a show of colour quite like Wyandottes - feature in this month’s issue!

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Photos clockwise:

Grant Brereton’s line of c**k-breeding Partridge Wyandotte Bantams.

A group of Geoff Parker’s Blue Silver Pencilled Wyandotte Bantams. Photo Grant Brereton.

Peas in a pod - two of Desy Horner’s White Wyandotte pullets.

24/07/2025

🪿 At Home with Richard Hedges 🪿

We’re delighted to include an interview with former British Waterfowl Association President, Richard Hedges, in our July issue of Fancy Fowl.

Richard is an avid supporter of our hobby and has for many years bred and shown various breeds of waterfowl in the UK - seeing plenty of success along the way. 🏆 Indeed, Richard has played a pivotal role in various conservation programmes - particularly with geese.

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23/07/2025

Fashionable fancies?

Like designer clothes, breeds and varieties of poultry come in and out of fashion. In our July issue Jed writes on the topic, exploring the ups and downs of different breeds and what the future might hold.

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Photo by Grant Brereton of Rob Boyd’s Chocolate Orpington Bantams. 🤎

20/07/2025

Our July front cover of Fancy Fowl features a wonderful group of white Wyandotte bantams bred by Josh Charles, with a Gallery of Wyandottes included in this month’s magazine.

Elsewhere Jed writes about ‘fashions in the fancy’ and speaks to former British Waterfowl Association President Richard Hedges for our latest ‘At Home with’ interview, and together with Grant Brereton catches up with Logan Courtney - a breeder of large Light Sussex over in America.

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17/07/2025

🚨 Calling all breeders of feather footed breeds, past and present! 🚨

We’re looking for your top tips on how to keep the foot feathers on birds in tip top condition!

Everything from how you house your birds, to keeping them fit while trying to limit damage to their footings, all and any advice very welcome for a piece we’re pulling together for a future issue of Fancy Fowl Magazine.

Please either comment below, or pop us a Direct Message. 😊

28/06/2025

We were delighted to feature Alannah in our February 2024 issue of Fancy Fowl Magazine and it’s fantastic to see BBC News NI taking such a keen interest in our young poultry keepers!

Well done Alannah! 👏 Flying the flag brilliantly!

Alannah has won titles at a regional and national level, taking home more than twenty cups in the last two years.

16/04/2025

We’d like to give a shout out to our friends in Australia 🇦🇺 Cathy & Ben Newton who have yet again captured the most incredible collection of photos at the - including this characterful photo of Michael Peel (Peel Ridge Stud Waterfowl) and his Champion Waterfowl winning goose!

At Fancy Fowl Magazine we know how much work goes into producing photos of this standard, and are so grateful to photographers across the UK and around the world for their dedication - and patience!

While we all see the many hours spent taking the photos and ensuring the birds look their best - few of us see the days if not weeks afterwards spent sorting through the thousands of photos. It is a labour of love, and we want to say a heartfelt THANK YOU! 👏