I came home from summer school feeling very happy – its lovely being able to do what you love for a WHOLE WEEK – and found my cockerel, Mr Lavender, dead in the paddock. He had not died a natural death, at least it didn’t look like it. If it were a fox (which is […]
Now that the minor op is all finished I‘m slowly returning to normal life – put my boots on and went outside for a short walk this morning – not very far, and had to have a stick due to rubber leg syndrome but it felt good – and even better when I got back. […]
This is Angel – the fourth year she’s gone broody so she knows all about it. I ‘set’ her on Monday night on 9 eggs; I use an odd number as an even number of eggs will never sit close together – one is always pushed out. I have been keeping hens since I was 18. […]