I realised we had them before our holiday – but we were off that day and time was tight as I had a bouncy castle out that day and it had to be collected right before we got in a taxi to the airport so I just hosed down the Eglus and threw a load of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘eglu’
28 Feb
Funny Chickens..
I gave the Eglu a good scrub today as it's out to rent tomorrow and no sooner is it in pieces on the patio than chickens are in and out of it. P1070117 They also had a good time grubbing around the area I moved it from – lots of bugs under there! P1070120 P1070119 [...]
16 Aug
The Arrival of the Queens….
Named after Cunards Queens – the liners QE2 and QM2 we have Mary & Betty. Two georgeous Heritage Skylines. Mary is grey whilst Betty is Brown. Betty & Mary They are currently living in the Eglu whilst they settle in to the flock. Whilst down at Kirsty's www.hens4homes.co.uk James found this impressive array of tubtrugs… [...]
16 Jun
Freecycled Chicken
I saw a chicken offered on freecycle. I immediately replied to say I would take her, I wanted to know she was going to a good home. I picked her up a couple of hours ago. clara close She is beautiful, they apparantly got her from another freecycler and have decided she is too big, [...]
3 May
New Girls!
Yep today we went and bought three new girls! Kirsty was really busy down at hens4homes as she had run a chicken keeping course this morning. She knew I had been running hen parties too so I'm thinking maybe she has glanced at the Omlet forum! I keep telling all my attendees to head out [...]
1 May
Recycled Run…
As soon as I'd finished my rather ramshackle run last August Mum (the anti-chicken!) was planning the extention. Following the recent fox attack where we lost Pengy we got a handyman to build the extension. Anyone remember that decking I had removed?? The cube is attached to the front using a tunnel – idea from [...]
27 Apr
We sold our first cabbage!
Yep this morning I put out some spring cabbages for sale and we sold one! I was quite chuffed. All of our eggs go quickly too but I think its mostly the neighbors that buy them. Mind you the industrial unts at the other end of the service road is now advertising itself as "Rawlings [...]
26 Apr
Poppet Attacked!
I havn't mentioned here but we have been having a run extention built. Where it was going the fence behind had some loose panels and Mum was worried about next doors dogs getting through. When she looked again they seemed tight – so she thought they had been fixed. This afternoon when I was getting [...]
24 Mar
The Batty Girls Meet The Missus Chickens
Yep the two "flocks" have names now. Mother (who says she can no longer be The Anti-Chicken) has named the flocks. Actually she has bonded very much with the Batty Girls – they come when she "clucks" and have won her over. We have let them out now to the big wide garden – the [...]
23 Mar
Snowy Hen Party!
Well it was my second Hen Party today and what terrible weather. March 23rd 2008 NOT good weather for a Hen Party. We did a VERY brief outdoor section to look at the Eglu and Cube then came back inside for the rest of the course. When it was Hen time I brough June in [...]
