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Have You Heard The One About A Sex Change Chicken!
Is SHE or isn’t HE This Is The Question! It is a conundrum, the other day I distinctly heard my beautiful HEN Mop Top CROW, twice in fact. I know it was HER because I was outside and heard a strange crowing and looked towards the ‘crow’ and to my surprise only saw Mop Top, [...]
Give A Little Tenderness
The power of animals to recover from abominable treatment never ceases to amaze me. We brought three leghorn chickens not long after we moved onto the block and when we picked them up, we met the seller at a fruit & vegetable shop at a half way point between when we both lived. It was [...]
The House That Suzi Built For Jack!!
The torrential weather continues, flooding is rife and the animals are suffering. It breaks my heart, the scrawny animals we see in the paddocks all around are a sorry state, and to think it lambing season. No, I cannot think about that too much. On the block, our animals are in fine fettle. However, the [...]
WOW!! We have babies YAY!!
Well, I’m pleased to announce we are the proud parents of 5, YES FIVE cute cuddly little chicks…. I really thought we were NEVER going to have any chicks at all. I mean our hens just haven’t been interested, then all of a sudden THREE go broody at once, reminds me of waiting for a [...]
Spring has Sprung But What the Heck??
I know it’s spring because we have had the clocks go forward, day light savings had been changed to a week earlier than usual and it took us by surprise..not having a tv or newspaper to remind us. But WHAT has happened to the weather?
The Wheels of Fate Turn
Things in life have a funny way of happening, have you noticed that? When we moved to our piece of paradise, our intention was to become self sufficient and work from home. And although we have been working towards that goal, it seems fate is telling us we have been dragging our feet, so it [...]
A Sad, Sad Day
Yet another storm has reeked havoc in our neck of the woods. After months of NO rain, we have had a week of hurricanes and torrential downpours. Trees, power lines and goodness knows what else have fallen down. But the sad, sad news is we suffered more than structural damage. I’m afraid to say Doris [...]
The Things that Make Our Day…
I don’t know about you but I look forward to what the day holds when the rooster’s, Solomon and Caesar, wake me up at 06.00 EVERY morning. They work on the assumption that lie in’s are for wimps..and the early bird catches the worm. They could be right, all I know is, I look out [...]
Choosing Your Chickens..
Why in the world would you want to keep chickens??? This has to be the first question you ask yourself… For us it was two fold:to tend to our vegetable beds with the added bonus that they produce THE BEST eggs you will EVER have the privilege to taste…
Up Date on Doris
Well, what can I say??? Our Doris is doing very well after her run in with two of our dogs. I have no doubt in my mind, she is the toughest chicken that ever lived…
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