We rescued 3 more beautiful ex-battery girls this weekend. So a big welcome to Myrtle (stood in the foreground) and her sisters Luna and Helena. We had a bit of a hectic time picking them up as alas James car decided not to start, so I had to go by taxi. Thankfully we had some Read more about The arrival of our new rescues[…]
I took some photos of the girls the other night with the express intention of submitting them into the BHWT’s calender comp (you send in your photos of your ex-batts they publish the best ones in a calender to raise more funds, everyone’s a winner). I sent mine off 4 days before the deadline but Read more about Chicken shots[…]
So yesterday after two weeks of worry we had to take our beautiful ex-battery hen Trelawney to the vet for the very last time. A couple of weeks ago she started being very wobbly on her feet & seemed to be loosing her balance quite a bit. I had a look through my chicken books Read more about A sad farewell[…]
After what seemed like weeks of anticipation we set off to collect our new chickens from the British Hen Welfare Trust on the 28th December. Our pick up time was 3.45 so we knew we probably wouldn’t get to see much of the girls that night but could look forward to getting to know them Read more about The arrival of our new chickens[…]
As Christmas approaches my focus tends to shift from the high streets filled with flashing lights and mostly festive tat to the world at large. Being a pagan I don’t celebrate Christmas as such but I do celebrate Yule, as the dark wanes and we look forward to the light. I try and bring Read more about Give a hen a happy Christmas[…]