Like the rest of Britain, I barely ventured indoors yesterday, choosing instead to bask in the glorious sunshine. B and I scrubbed out the Eglu and Cube in the morning, thoroughly dusting them with Red Mite powder. Buffy, one of the Buff Orpington hens, has managed to get herself a little infestation, so we gave [...]
Posts Tagged ‘eglu’
12 Mar
She’s broody, broody, broody, broody!
On Saturday morning, B said she thought Mama Silkie was going broody again as she had settled herself into the Eglu nest box, even though there were no eggs under her. However when I fed in the afternoon, she was out and about with the others. This pattern continued until Tuesday when she simply stayed [...]
4 Feb
More fun in the snow!
Monday’s snow gave way to the “proper stuff” yesterday. It was short-lived but wonderful while it lasted. (Any chance we can just skip the thaw?!)
3 Feb
Snow fun!
It doesn’t look as though the snow will be hanging around for very long so I thought I’d bombard you with some of my favourite photos from yesterday. The snow wasn’t very deep but we’re meant to be getting some more today.
29 Jan
Waterproofing the Eglu run!
For months and months, I have been meaning to get arse down to Ikea to buy one of their 90p transparent shower curtains to put over the Eglu run to stop the chickens from getting soaking wet every time it rains (no jokes about it being Wales, thank you!). On Tuesday, I finally did the [...]
15 Dec
Getting stuff done
Despite a slow start thanks to the below zero temperatures on Saturday night which came hot on the heels of a torrential downpour on Friday night, resulting in a thick layer of ice everywhere (i.e. I had to break the ice on the pigs’ water bowls and then make three trips with three buckets of [...]
26 Nov
Moving the chickens
About a fortnight after I probably should have shifted them onto new ground, I finally got round to moving the chooks and their Eglu and Cube yesterday. It’s harder than you might think. At mum’s, the hen house was attached to the side of her old aviaries which meant that they could come and and [...]
9 Oct
Hentastic new houses
I put the chickens in their new houses the day before yesterday (bantams in the Eglu, larger chooks in the Cube) and this morning I let them out for the first time. You should have seen them rush about, flapping their wings and enjoying some real space. I’ve hated keeping them in but it’s the [...]
7 Oct
The iPod of hen houses?
Back in August, when we decided to move down to south Wales, one of the (far too many!) items on the Must Buy list were two chicken houses or arks, one for B’s Silkies and one for the laying hens, plus the Buff Orpington cockerel. The inclusion of Buffs automatically ruled out the majority hen [...]
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