The Crested Cream Legbar cockerel went to cockerel heaven a few weeks back now. This means that we are no longer able to produce pure Cre...

Spot the birdy It's been an absolutely beautiful day here today and Sue and I have busied ourselves to make the most of it. Jobs ...

This is becoming a bit of a recurrent theme on this blog. Just over three weeks ago Elvis started to sit on her eggs and peck any hand tha...

Can you spot the odd one out? Think you've spotted it? I'm afraid I'm not sure if I can help you. I think it's the bo...

No, I have not taught the poultry to play football! I am talking eggs. These three girls have laid well all winter thus far. They were...

Elvis watches over her growing chicks Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with Elvis. But for those who don't know her (...

On the last day of July 2013 Elvis had quite a surprise. For she hatched out some chicks with rather strange bills and rather odd habits, l...

Missing Items Now the camera's gone missing. Presumably in the same place as the toothbrush charger (missing for over 3 weeks, the key...

  Friday 9th November 2012 The calm sunset gave no hint of a shocking start to the day. A shocking sight met my eyes this morn...

Thursday 11th October 2012 Main event of the day was letting Elvis's brood out of their run to join in the fun with all the other p...

Friday 31st August 2012 Chickens lay chocolate eggs Today something really amazing happened. We have had family staying for a while a...

Sunday 12th August 2012 No mist or fog. Signals a change in the weather. New arrivals About a week ago I decided to give du...