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[…]
So we returned from holiday hoping that all was well, alas it was not. Bellatrix (formerly the most aggressive of chickens but now the friendliest) was ill. She had a dirty vent and instead of pecking around with the others she was lying down, closing her eyes and generally not being her self. So off Read more about Back from the brink – a twosome tale[…]
The weather is definitely getting a bit milder, so it’s hard to believe that merely two weeks ago there was snow on the ground and getting a day out of the office looked like a definite possibility. Sadly the snow day didn’t happen but almost as heartwarming is the fact that my lovely rescued ex-bats Read more about Chickens in snow[…]
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[…]
Lovely Elsie over at a beautiful mess (here) has put together a list of things she will be doing this summer (here). I love lists at the best of times so what better time to write some goals and have something to aim for (whilst still allowing copious time for lounging in the sun and Read more about A list for summer[…]
So today it was my birthday! I took the day off work and treated myself to a long lie in (alas no bath as our hot water cylinder is still broken), followed by the classic posh breakfast scrambled eggs and smoked salmon brown toast and a little glass of prosecco (just a little one) before Read more about Another year passes…[…]
yes it is that time of year again, our lovely ex-landlady (and now neightbour) Trish and her crazy physics husband Malc have headed off to sunnier climbs leaving me to look after the ‘chickens of doom’ for two weeks. This doesn’t sound that horrific until you hear three facts 1. last time I looked after Read more about Chickens of doom[…]
Hope everyone in blogland enjoyed the long weekend. I certainly did although rather more of it than I though was spent in bed as the horrible cold I have had for (count them) three weeks seemed to come back, but worse than ever (is it possible to have a cold relapse?). Despite this and some Read more about All the fun of the fair[…]