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Everything you need to write about Boris, his hens and the people behind the world's most dramatic chicken coop. Free to use for editorial purposes.

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On air 24/7 since 31 Mar 2025
The flock 6 birds 1 rooster · 4 hens · 1 chick
Popcorn served 400+ portions, live on camera
Location Mariefred Sweden · Map

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Latest news from the coop. Read online or download as PDF.

About OnlyHens

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OnlyHens is a 24/7 YouTube livestream, filmed with three cameras, from a backyard in Mariefred, a small town by Lake Mälaren west of Stockholm, Sweden. It follows Boris the rooster, his four hens and a newly hatched chick as they go about their day: dust baths, egg-laying and serious pecking-order negotiations. Many viewers keep it running all day as a kind of slow TV.

Viewers anywhere in the world can feed the flock remotely. A payment on onlyhens.tv drops a portion of popcorn from a home-built feeder, live on camera, and ten minutes later the buyer receives a replay of their own feeding by email. Viewers in fourteen countries on four continents have fed the hens, with more than 400 feedings so far.

OnlyHens started in 2025 as a joke and has grown into a serious hobby project. The feeder, payment system and livestream were built by Robin Calmegård, a Swedish radio host and software developer.

Meet the flock

High-resolution photos of the chickens. Click a photo to download the full-size file.

A rooster standing tall behind two out-of-focus hens in front of a red barn
Boris and the hensJPG · 1542×940 · 0.3 MB
Boris the Rooster crowing, with three hens perched on a branch behind him
Boris crowingJPG · 1849×1034 · 0.4 MB
The whole flock in the coop, decorated for Easter with a ceramic bunny
Easter in the coopJPG · 2906×1634 · 2.1 MB
Close-up portrait of Ulla, a dark grey hen with a bright red comb
Hen Ulla, portraitJPG · 3213×5712 · 3.2 MB

Videos

B-roll from the coop, free to use in TV and online features.

Boris the Rooster and hen Ulla eating cornMP4 · Portrait 720×1280 · 0:27 · 14 MB
The popcorn feeder in actionMP4 · 1080p · 0:27 · 32 MB
Boris says hi with a crowMP4 · 1080p · 0:06 · 9 MB

The creator

The human behind the hens.

Robin Calmegård, creator of OnlyHens, in an OnlyHens hoodie

Robin Calmegård

Radio Host, Entrepreneur and Founder of OnlyHens

By day, Robin Calmegård is a radio host on the Swedish national radio station Mix Megapol and runs several tech companies. Robin also built the whole OnlyHens setup: the home-built popcorn feeder, the payment system and the livestream itself.

More about Robin
“I honestly have no idea why. Maybe it’s the Dutch love of chickens, maybe it’s the humour. If anyone knows, I’d love to hear it.” – Robin Calmegård, on why Dutch viewers feed the hens more than almost anyone
Portrait JPG · 2268×4032 · 1.9 MB Alternative portrait JPG · 2316×3088 · 1.2 MB

Clucking famous

Previous coverage. Boris still has no comment.

TV4 NyhetsmorgonTV Mix MegapolRadio Strengnäs TidningNewspaper

Press contact

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