Tag: chickens
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Endless watering, plenty of picking and Cornish mackerel for dinner.
Monday 16th July: The dry, hot spell looks set to continue with no sign of rain 😏 although as I have said there is moisture in the air overnight so there is some respite for the plants. We were discussing the last summer we had like this which was 2006, very hot and dry though…
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Goslings, wildlife pond & more fox attacks.
Monday 21st May: John is off again this week so he did most of the morning round, I followed behind doing the things he forgets to do! Then he spent the morning cutting wood and cleaned the floor of the POL pen in between. I did a bit of early morning hoeing and collected weeds…
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30 seconds of bliss, forking heck 😜 & focaccia.
Monday 14th May 2018: Ahh where is the year disappearing too, how come Winter seems sooo long and the rest soooo short? Did the morning rounds, I let the few hens, that were in the stable for a couple of days, out and almost immediately they knocked over a quarter bucketful of corn that John…
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Dandelion honey, more fox attacks and a toad 😀
Sunday eve: Waiting to put the birds to bed as John is sleeping again, hope this illness passes soon 🤪it’s 8.30pm and still very light so might have a coffee outside while I’m waiting. Bank Holiday Monday 7th May: Hot, hot, hot today phew. Got the birds done first thing, John was just well enough…
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Amazing smells of Spring, First pick of Rhubarb and new Guinea pigs.
Monday 10th April : Damp this morning with fine drizzle 😐 however it feels ok temperature wise. Did the morning rounds, 1 egg from the new ladies and evidence of eaten shell, I suspect as we moved them into the outdoor run, we actually do have a rat nicking them, no other reason for them…
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Beginnings, progress and endings.
Bank Holiday Monday 2nd April: Still raining 🌧 rained heavily in the night and as a consequence we now have the lake we usually have AND a tributary stream flowing into it across all the side paddocks, the hay barn is flooded, the stables are flooded, in fact, everywhere is bloody flooded. I know I…
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Jobs to do, manic egg sales and Eostre celebrations
Monday 26th March: A good productive day, John is off this week so we hoping to get a fair bit done, that’s the plan anyway! John went off to pick up a new batch of POL hens while I did the morning rounds. In the pen where we keep them he has installed some new…
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Wind, a fence and some much needed R&R 😀
Monday 12th Feb: What a fabulous day, after the endless miserable weather we have had today was welcomed with, let’s get busy, thoughts. To begin with it was still frozen but without that cold wind, so I began tidying up, putting away, picking wind blown paraphernalia up. By mid morning it was thawing but still…
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Man down and ‘the hobble’
Monday 29th January: It’s 10.45 and mission accomplished this morning, after doing the feeding the job was to fully secure the rabbit run and make sure that when the babies start moving about they can’t get out! We have 2inch square welded mesh around the run so the adults can’t get through it BUT baby…
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Goose eggs,
Monday 22nd January: Well once again after thoroughly disgusting weather yesterday, today is not a bad day, warmer, dry for the time being, bit wet under foot but hey it’s winter can’t expect much else. The impending floods that threatened to come in the back, didn’t, so John did a good job there (just stopped…
