Showing posts with label Chickens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chickens. Show all posts

31 October, 2020

Meet The Girls!

 
 Meet Gertie, Mabel, Ruby and Dot!
It has been over eight and a half years since we had chickens. 
They were taken by a fox while I was away buying their food. 
It was always planned to build a more fox proof yard but it 
just never happened. Although when the fox got them, 
they were roaming around the yard, not in their area. 
Noel and Austin started rebuilding the chicken run. 
The house has been moved up higher in the yard.
Molly and Rex made sure everything was right!
They seem to like their new home.
Molly and Rex on guard duty. 
In case you're wondering, Rex has a sore on his head 
that he kept scratching, so out came the cone! 
It's almost healed now so he'll be happy to get it off.
This is looking up from where the chicken house used to be. 
Noel has made it into his orchard and veggie garden.
Looking down from the new house.

We're just waiting for them to start laying 
which should be any day now. 
I have missed having those yummy fresh eggs!

20 March, 2012

My Girls

Many of you will know that I collect chickens. These are "My Girls". Every time I go out to the backyard they come running just in case I have some scraps for them. Yesterday when I went out, no-one came running. I checked in their run and all I found were hundreds of feathers. A rotten fox had got to them in the daytime. I hope they didn't suffer too much.