La Chatte Gitane

That's our  Wendy house for chickens , that is. Our oldest and the only original one left (after foxes and mink had a go), Bluebe...

Over the winter months our hens and roosters have been picked off one by one by a fox, until we had only 2 chickens left. We only have o...

It's been a while since I posted something about these girls. They just go about their daily business of eating, sleeping,  rooting...

Well, I think it is funny. But then, I'm easily amused... Remember we had just the one chick ? The chick has grown consider...

are safe for now. But not before that dastardly mink paid a second visit in broad daylight. We were just on our way to get the survivors t...

....has come over the hen house and run. But I  am inwardly screaming, pinking away a few tears. We always say goodnight to the girls and...

Nope ! It's not the volunteer Nil. Lol @ Jules. Broody Hen Number One  has finally squeezed a chick out of an egg ! A...

How about this, eh ?  The broilers have a new feeder, fabricated by Bert (after I had shown him this on Pinterest) .  Nevertheless, he ha...

Ahem. Yes, we eat meat. No, I don't have to justify myself. I prefer to know where my meat comes from and reared as freely and na...

Broody hen Number Two has left the barn and her eggs behind for home. She really has had enough ! Scratching away with the others and no si...

But also joyful that they've been in our lives for five weeks. We dropped off Mikaela and Keegan  at the train station in Killarney o...