What's in the issue

Choosing practical gifts for practical people; remembering Katie Thear; what to do in winter for livestock and poultry; meet the nose-to-tail butcher; what the donkey did for you; growing veg in winter; start your own suckler cow herd. Practical Poultry inside: What causes chickens stress (and how to prevent it; the world of bantams; prizewinning pure breed poultry on show;beware the super -cheap egg incubator; turkeys (and geese) are not just for Christmas We answer your smallholding and poultry questions and free classified adverts for all readers