Attila The Hen

Natalie Haynes has heard some dark rumours about the true habits of the hen.

So she's meeting some of the people and poultry involved in the fashion for keeping urban chickens.

With her own chicken knowledge limited entirely to their lives in Ancient Rome, Natalie seeks information from chicken breeders and keepers.

But perhaps the most keen insight is from ornithologist Mark Cocker, who explains how things look from the chickens' own perspective...

Producer: Christine Hall.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.

The truth about the life of the urban chicken is revealed by Natalie Haynes.