Our newest inhabitants on the smallholding - 'rescue' hens Read on and you may be surprised I've got these A vast majori...

Life In The Tropics We had some rain! About two hours of it on my birthday. If it did that two or three times a  week we would be on the w...

Sunday 19th March 2017 Perky Turkeys A few days ago I found a turkey egg sitting out in the open all on its own. We placed it into one of...

Saturday 25th February 2017 The Good Samaritan The day began with clearing the fallen trees without bringing down the telephone wires. It...

Monday 2nd January Difficult to capture with just the phone, but the thin crescent moon and Venus put on a great show in the early night ...

When chickens moult they stop laying eggs, for they need to put their energies into regrowing feathers. The moult coincides with rapidly sho...

It's been a good year for eggs so far. It's not yet the end of March and we're getting about 15 chicken eggs a day. That's o...

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...