Not to be out-done by the visit of Tony B to the Beardsley's, one of Shandon Street's least publicity-shy families is at again, this time flaunting the fact that they have a huge garden while some of us have to make do with a concrete yard permanently shaded by the big tree.

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"Kylie, Shania and Britney are not your average pets.They are Rhode Island Reds - chickens to you and me. They are also three of the growing number of birds being kept in gardens across suburbia.
Ms M, 47 [-ish, Ed], from Edinburgh, decided to buy the chickens last year. "I was sick of the eggs you buy in the supermarket," she says. "They're disgusting. And I remembered that when I used to work at a farm, they were always nice.
"There's no comparison between them. The flavour's more intense and the yolk much brighter. They're much, much tastier."
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Ms M thinks the three city chicks' diet - a combination of grain and the M family's leftovers, which can be anything from pasta to smoked salmon - contributes to the quality of the eggs."

Anything from pasta to smoked salmon, indeed! Asda pizzas and Tesco value sausages, more like! Aye.

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