And that’s an unintentional pun in the headline too in case you were wondering. But, these really are the times that we live in. Now UK residents, Cornwall residents in particular, won’t have to worry about who will look after the chickens if one were to take a holiday or go on ones “gap yah.”

I logged onto the website to have a look for myself because sometimes seeing really is believing. Please enjoy the welcome message I was greeted with:

Welcome to The Chicken Hotel!

A new and exciting hotel in Helston (Cornwall) exclusively for our feathered  friends!

Want Chickens but don’t know what you’d do if you went away for a weekend or on holiday? Well you can let your chickens have a short holiday break in The Chicken Hotel!

Awesome vibe, if I was a chicken. The new hotel also says that it offers egg incubation facilities:

If you would like to have some eggs incubated then our experienced team of chicken-midwives have the experience and the facilities here to help you.

David Roberts, 31, who lives on the farm in Helston, Cornwall, said people thought it was a joke when he first came up with the idea. Because who wouldn’t.

“example of one of the hotel suites with run”

But that’s what business is about sometimes – creating the need for a new product or service, and frankly, that’s what Dave has done. He explains,

Keeping chickens is becoming more popular. It makes perfect sense to have somewhere safe for your birds to stay while you’re on holiday. All the birds settle in quickly, but there’s always one cockerel that will wake the other guests up by crowing at 4am when it’s not even light.

The best bit however, is the rate, a coop will only cost about R22 per day on the flat rate and then R8.25 per bird per night thereafter.

[Source: DailyExpress]