Category Archives: Chickens

We pruned the shrub that grows in the chicken run as it had grown through the weld mesh and was looking a bit odd. The girls like to reach up from the branch perch and peck at the leaves so … Continue reading →

We have had the best crop of tomatoes for many years. They are abundant but, due to a lack of sun, have been taking ages to ripen. I have been taking a few indoors and keeping them in a cool, … Continue reading →

Our broad bean plants were finished and looked ugly but we didn’t want to remove them and leave the space empty. As soon as there is an empty space the neighbourhood cats use it as a toilet. In fact they … Continue reading →

I have just dug up the last early potato plant. I was amazed to find a couple of huge potatoes. I think that due to a very wet July and August this year we have had the best potatoes, tomatoes … Continue reading →

Our next door neighbour’s tree was a monster. We have lived here for eleven years and in that time it had doubled in size. It was overhanging our garden and the garden on the other side. It blotted out the … Continue reading →

Sometimes planting just doesn’t work as out as you see it in your head. When we had the path done last summer I felt we needed something alongside the chicken’s dandelion strip to edge the new path. I planted mint … Continue reading →

This year is the first time we have grown fir apple potatoes. They are supposed to be harvested in September but I was impatient to see how they were doing so I dug up one plant. There was a bowl … Continue reading →

This was Rusty’s bottom yesterday. I have never seen it so mucky. It was a cool day and rained most of the day but the next day was forecast to be warm and sunny so I decided to wait until … Continue reading →

Last night I gave out the bedtime treat and then, at the time that on the evening before Rusty had been stood on the grit box looking poorly, she took another dust bath accompanied by, Freckles, Apricot and Dandelion. What … Continue reading →

Just as Rusty is on the mend from the prolapse we run into the next problem. She is showing early symptoms of mycoplasma. Once mycoplasma has been in the flock it will reoccur at times of stress and I think … Continue reading →