This weekend we were unlucky enough to loose one of our Arucana’s (still refered to as ‘the babies’, even though they are more like teenagers now. We had returned home on Friday to find Irena huddled in the corner of the run, trying to back away from her sisters, she was immediately removed from the Read more about Little Irena[…]
Today we lost little Luna chicken (named after Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter books because of her distinctive white markings, but often referred to as little Luna or lovely Luna as she had a really sweet temperament). She was the rescue in worst condition when they arrived but after a few weeks her comb Read more about The loss of little Luna[…]
My little Arucana babies are growing up. I went to clean them out at the weekend and to my surprise (as we didn’t think they would start laying till next year) this awaited me. I think its from Carmen as she seems to have gained a red wattle above her beak where there others are Read more about A first for the arucana babies[…]
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[…]
Jam has started working an early shift meaning we are both getting up at 6am. The clocks haven’t gone back as yet so its still dark when I go out to feed the chickens. The Arucana’s looked positively ghostly in the moonlight Related posts: The arrival of our new rescues Hello to Bea Goodbye Bea – Read more about Arucanas in the moonlight[…]
A mere few weeks after the passing of Bellatrix, we have suffered another loss in the main coop. Aurora, so christened because when she came to us last December where her wings should have been were a series of spines. Aurora had clearly been hen pecked in her former life but when she came to Read more about Sunset[…]
It is with great sadness I have to report the passing of another of our ex-batts, yesterday morning. Bellatrix (so named because when we took her out of her carrier she tried to peck my finger) did not turn out to be dastardly she did however turn out to be lovely. This is her just Read more about Bye bye Bella[…]
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[…]
Title of this post shamelessly stolen from my friend Dave Delarre, you can buy his EP of the same name here. So yesterday it has to be said I was feeling pretty low, we have lost two chickens this past week, one died of old age (the lovely Hattie) and Trelawney had to be put Read more about Blue beginnings[…]
You may remember my friends Beth and Nick got married the other weekend prior to moving to Dubai. What you may not be aware of is that Beth kept 3 ex-batts (inspired, she says by me and my chicken keeping exploits). Unfortunately one of them died shortly after being declared a free girl. However on Read more about Hello to Bea[…]