Tag Archives: CHICKENS
Egg-cellent results from a change in feed
I have to say I feel bad for feeding my hens the standard run of the mill chicken pellets. I am an avid reader of Practical Poultry and always saw the advertisements for the Allen and Page Smallholder feed. I … Continue reading
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eggs up to date
I acknowledge a lack of blogging in the past year but I will bring you up to speed on how I got on keeping hens. The chickens grew a fondness for sleeping in the trees. In the beginning we would … Continue reading
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Day day chuck chuck
So myself and Eric took Meredith for the ‘walk’ up the lane. I had to put her down on Sunday because the eye had become infected again but it was just a lump of oozing puss now. Dont like culling the chicks … Continue reading
Roo
I put Meredith, the one eyed chicken – back into the main coop inside today. She stuck around in a corner on her own for about an hour but then slowly, began to re-introduce herself and strut her stuff, all over … Continue reading
Fed better than the other half…
Eric was starving today lying on the couch with his badly sprained ankle, waiting for me to make some lunch like I had promised. He was not impressed to see that the 5 potatoes I had cooked in the microwave were … Continue reading
Newbies & Eggs
There have been severel changes since the last post. Meredith had to be put to sleep and I ended up getting two more hens. I called the two newbies Meredith the 2nd and Jo-Jo. Meredith & Jo-Jo ended up battering … Continue reading
Here come the girls!
Okay so I made a call by chance as I wasn’t able to get any pullets in my search for laying hens, and I got through to a guy actually selling year old pullets. All looked well, so I ventured … Continue reading
The breast of the best
Finally, they are all here. We started off with Meredith ( Rhode Island Red) and Hannah and Stripe (Light Sussex). They’re only teenagers, and were very frightened of any human contact. Their first day in the coop was good, except … Continue reading
