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Continuing to be chilly
When we walked out the back door this morning, this is what we found. There’d been no further snow overnight, but the temperature had dropped to -9.6C and further consolidated the lying snow int… more →
Musings from a Stonehead
Continuing to be chilly
wrote 5 hours ago: When we walked out the back door this morning, this is what we found. There’d been no further … more →
Indulging the chickens
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wrote 1 week ago: Chickens are not fans of snow and icy weather, but there are things that can be done to make the con … more →
Remembrance day
wrote 1 month ago: White Poppy Well, I couldn’t very well have remembrance day go by without writing something ab … more →
Military research at the National Archives
wrote 1 month ago: The National Archives I was wrong to be so pessimistic, it seems! I did indeed get back to the Nati … more →
Naughty girls
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wrote 6 months ago: When I went out to feed the chickens yesterday evening, I discovered the hens from the main house ha … more →
'And then she said...'
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wrote 7 months ago: One of the things that amuses me about our chickens is that they can be dispersed all around the cro … more →
More chicken eccentricity
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wrote 7 months ago: I’ve previously mentioned our Scots Grey hen that nests about 20 feet up a sitka spruce tree—a … more →
Oh poop!
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wrote 7 months ago: One of our Scots Grey hens nests 20 feet up a sitka spruce tree. I have no idea how she gets up ther … more →
Meet the Mankies
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wrote 1 year ago: One of the more interesting aspects of breeding livestock is the way different groups of young from … more →
When does a livestock breed become extinct?
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wrote 1 year ago: When we were at the Turriff Show, an elderly gentleman came over and told me how much he enjoyed see … more →
Champion animals, champion boys
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wrote 1 year ago: As with the Other Half and I, our two boys were also busy in the lead-up to the Turriff Show, choosi … more →
Oi! Leave our chooks alone!
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wrote 1 year ago: I was coming down from the field Just before 7pm with a bucket of freshly lifted potatoes when I not … more →
Building the MkIII hen house, part 1
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wrote 1 year ago: We’ve needed a new poultry house for some time, but the workload has been such that it’s … more →
Growing fast
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wrote 1 year ago: Our nine Scots Grey chicks, the survivors of last week’s hatching of Johnny’s eggs, are … more →
Chicks hatching
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wrote 1 year ago: Our first batch of Scots Grey eggs for 2008 started hatching early this morning. I woke just before … more →
Peggy Sue earns her keep
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wrote 1 year ago: When I went out to do the morning chores today, I found Peggy Sue sitting tight on a pair of eggs. S … more →
Different look, different flavour
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wrote 1 year ago: Steph in Roker was asking how our Scots Grey differed in appearance and flavour from that of a comme … more →
How to prepare a chicken dinner
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wrote 1 year ago: We’re unashamedly “lookist” here on the croft—animals that aren’t sufficient … more →
Spot the chickens...
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wrote 1 year ago: Far too many poultry “experts” read my posts about our hens feather pecking, immediately … more →
