Raising chickens in your backyard has become a trend not just for aspiring farmers, but for anyone wanting to be even a little self-sufficient. There's also something meditative about watching hens ...

Layer birds resting in the wooden cages. Photo by George Katongole. Rose Akol, a poultry farmer in Kakira has found a new way to reduce labour at her farm by using wooden nesting boxes for her layers.

This year lots of people have been hammer-ready, knocking up makeshift homes for animals that lost their habitats in last summer's fires. But glues and varnishes used for constructing nest boxes mean ...