Plot 79 – The website and blog…
Posted in Poultry on Dec 25th, 2009
A clean hen is a happy hen – or so you’d think. Chickens are not naturally clean creatures, they’ll poo in their house and they’ll poo in their nesting box. They’re not one for a clean house, unlike a pig, chickens will happily live in their own poo.
It is however not recommended as this is [...]
I was awoken by some very loud clucking noises this morning… Chooks in distress!
I flew down the stairs and out the door, I then saw why… Snow! Poor little things couldn’t get out their door. They’d been snowed in
So I went back in and mixed them up a big bowl of [...]
Posted in Food & Cooking, Poultry on Dec 13th, 2009
In this cold weather we’re still getting quite a few eggs everyday. The pure breed Cochins have put their knickers on for the winter and are not bothering but the Light Sussex seem more than happy to lay one each a day.
I took the plunge today and hard boiled a load of eggs for [...]
Posted in General, Growing, Poultry, Sowing on Aug 11th, 2009
Everyday has been another working day… Hardly any allotment time although it doesn’t look too bad!
We’re starting to get a few runner beans on the plants, not many sadly but that teaches me for buying seed from a man in a shed! I’ve learnt and will buy seed from a garden centre next year.
The carrots [...]
Posted in Poultry on Jul 29th, 2009
It is with a tinge of sadness that I write this article, the last I reckon before I do the deed. Ever since the eggs went into the incubator, the rule was that any cockerels would be eaten. I’ve wrung necks before but this is a little different – I hatched these myself.
Anyway, I am [...]
Posted in Poultry on Jun 27th, 2009
I have acquired 2 more cockerels! They’re 6 weeks old and they (providing everything is ok) will become boyfriends for my hens. The cockerels I hatched with the hens will all be for the pot when they’re big enough.
So what breeds are they? I’ve got a Norfolk Grey (which is actually black) and a Legbar which [...]
Posted in Poultry on Jun 14th, 2009
So… Just over 10 weeks old, below are some of the chicks I hatched back in April. They’re Marans and Cochins. I can see we’ve a few cockerels which will be for the pot when big enough. I will then give the remaining hens an un-related cockerel from my farmer friend.
I’d like to see something [...]
So that’s another month nearly gone. It makes me wonder what I’ve actually done!
Hopefully today or tomorrow I’ll be putting out the first lot of runner beans from the greenhouse ( a little late but the plants are rather large). I’ll then follow on by planting some seed directly in the ground for a slightly [...]
Posted in Poultry on May 4th, 2009
I went down the allotments, as I do every morning but today seemed a little strange. As I open the gates I can normally hear the hens talking to each other but not today. I proceeded to the greenhouse to get some food for them and then I noticed only 1 hen was in their [...]
The website had crashed over the weekend due to such a high amount of hits! Over 3000 unique hits in 1 hour at one point! News spreads fast.
Some special blog readers have been issued with passwords to view protected posts. This is a new feature I am trying out; if it doesn’t work – I [...]