As anyone with chickens will know, the ‘egg song’ is pretty unmistakable – it’s how a hen often announces the delivery of an egg. It’s something that we haven’t heard since Sept/October time as they …
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We’re back in Business!
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F-off Fox! (So sorry Marge)
This morning we lost Marge to a fox. Our fault entirely for forgetting to shut them up in their coop last night. Thankfully neighbours were woken by the noise and came to alert …
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For ‘Fox’ Sake – RIP Ivy & Etta
We’re just back from a lovely trip around the Highlands and sadly lost our two new girls to a fox while we were away. These things happen, but it does go to show that we …
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We’ve got our first egg!!!!
Super excited to find our very first egg in the coop this morning – well done Ladies! It’s been a long 6 weeks of checking, even though we knew realistically we probably wouldn’t get any until …
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Honeysuckle and a Hen House
Another glorious sunny day and despite the aches and pains from yesterday’s labour it was time to get the hen house built – not a bad job considering it was us! Although we perhaps didn’t …
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Winter returns but we will not be defeated (well only a little bit)
Summer visited us throughout the week, thermals were cast aside and flip flops and shorts became the norm. Garden purchases made last weekend arrived – a chicken coop, a potato barrel, a solitary bee house and …
