Feeling a little depressed and upset today.    When I got up, as usual I went down the back to the chicken pen, to let them out into the garden and feed them.   Surprisingly, there were no happy chickens at the gate. It took me a few seconds to realise that there were feathers everywhere, and [...]

It’s been quite a while since our hens have laid, because they moulted this winter, and it took them months to start laying again! A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that their crops had turned bright red again, which usually means that they are about to start laying. No eggs appeared in the chicken [...]

Someone has requested a better picture of my chickens. Fine, but it’s not that easy to get the birds to pose – they’re not models, you know! Anyway, they were wandering about in the garden yesterday, and this is what I came up with

Although this is mostly a gardening blog, since I have pets, and they are often in the garden, I’ve added a category for pet posts. Here is a picture of what my partner calls “The Vandals”, wandering around the backyard, enjoying their daily freedom. They are called the vandals, because they stole his lunch from [...]

This doesn’t need any more words from me………