The Smallest Egg

Well, the hens seemed to have settled back into the run, after now having spent a whole week on the inside, as I said in a prevoius post, we did have some escapees, but all holes have been sercured.
I’ve been meaning to post the following picture for a while, it’s of one of the smallest [...]

Eggbound Hen

An eggbound hen is the condition suffered by a hen when the egg  is stuck, it may be trapped for several reasons, it could be that the egg is very large, has been broken or the egg shell is soft, either way it is very difficult for the hen to reslove this issue.
After reading severals internet [...]

Chicken Feed

When it comes to eating, we have found that our chickens will try anything once, your toes, fingers, hair, buttons, infact anything small enough to fit in their beaks, and more often than not, pieces of bread that are far too big to fit into their beaks, but they’ll try anyway. Since getting our chickens we [...]

Painted Eggs

Hi there keepers, does anyone still give painted eggs for easter? do you remember making them as a kid? would you be considered a cheapskate if you gave a child a painted boiled egg?
I think they look great, and are much more of a gift than a bought chocolate one, not that I don’t love [...]

Manuella De Minorca Lays

Hi there keepers, the day has arrived, well it must have been two days ago now, for I found two little white eggs under the coop this afternoon, while cleaning. Manuella’s first eggs ever, I feel so honoured, however in my haste to retrieve the new little eggs, I forgot to leave one behind, to ensure [...]

General Update

Hi there keepers, it’s been all go on the chicken run, what with the untimely demise of Nellie, and the disappearance of the new Nora ( light sussex), while trying to finish the coop, and keep the girls off of the freshly sown grass seed, juggling act springs to mind, I think it’s the owners [...]

A Flaw in my Floor

Hi there reader, well I was thinking that all of the work being carried out in the back yard was upsetting the hens, as we have been down an egg or two each day, not so. As it happens the floor I made, from a single pallet, and hinged the bottom front of the coop to enable [...]