After three years of owning chickens I’d love to say they’re an easy way to keep us in eggs. While not totally the case I’d still recommend them. The initial months are spent nervously hovering and checking on them and…
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When we lived in suburbia I had a compost bin and worm farm so it’s fully ingrained in me to not throw away food scraps or put them down the waste disposal (we’ve never installed one much to hubby’s confusion). We now…
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It seems like it’s been a long wet winter. The ground is soaked, the plants are tilting in the wind and wet and I struggle to find enthusiasm. We’ve had a couple of warm days but I didn’t want to…
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It’s been a slow 2016 egg wise for us. Our three big girls have spent most of the year moulting (read about it here) and not laying. Fortunately our two new bantams started and we had about a month of small…
Read moreFinally I’ve had to conceed that the chickens are moulting and there’s nothing I can do to get them laying again except wait for spring. Here’s the change in our Butter over the last two years. Her appearance, especially her feathers…
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Anyone who knows us will know that we have the greatest puppy in the world and I could easily blog every day about what he’s been up to. I never thought we would get him to stop chasing the chickens though so I…
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Why sprout? I’ve been reading lots of blogs from people who make their own chicken food. I’d like to do the same but it seems to involve alot of ingredients and care needs to be taken to get the right…
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I sometimes think the animals we have eat better than we do – certainly before we do. Here’s a couple of chicken and puppy treats I’ve made lately. Although it does sound like they’re spoilt – all these were made…
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I read this post and thought it sounded like a great idea – basically empty out the fireplace and put the ash somewhere for the chickens to scruff in – (http://untrainedhousewife.com/wood-ash-for-mite-free-hens).
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