It’s so, so muddy outside

Not the best morning to discover that I have a split in my wellie boot!

My socks need a good wash and I need a new pair of boots.

Willow and Wisp are always together – Willow is bolder and Wisp hides in her shadow.

The hens are laying like crazy – anyone want to buy free range eggs?

Willow and Wisp are always together – Willow is bolder and Wisp hides in her shadow.

The hens are laying like crazy – anyone want to buy free range eggs?

A lovely morning visiting mum (and her gang of new friends). Then it was time for lunch. The soup looked delicious.

So many every day expressions emerge from the chicken run. We talk about clipping someone’s wings. Well, in the chicken runs we really do need to clip some birds wings. This young black hen flew out of her run yesterday so this morning we cornered her, cuddled her

and clipped her wings

We have moved the chicks and cockerels around, making new flocks and returning mothers to their original houses. We now have five redundant cockerels living together in the orchard house.

I am expecting (but not looking forward to) fights for domination in the run. Click below

Winding down

One has her head buried in Beanos (a family tradition) and the other is playing with the toy farm.