The Bedford Lodge would like to introduce its six wonderful hens. They are all Warrens, an archetypal brown chicken and they have totally charmed us all.

We are committed to reducing our food miles and ensuring we only ever use Free-range eggs, so it made perfect sense for us to have our own small brood. They live in a specially converted garden shed at the rear of the Lodge, with their own run. They provide us with delicious eggs and hours of entertainment.

If you want to visit them during your stay just let us know. We only have nicknames for them at present.

• Ginger the Winger – says it all really
• Cocoa – the first to lay an egg
• Spike and Blob the Twins
• White Bum
• And bringing up the rear, the ‘other brown one’

Proper names to follow once we can think up some apt ones.