We’re Getting Some Hens !
We have been planning to get some hens for quite some time (hence the blog name) and spring seems an excellent time to do it. If we get some point of lay hens now they should definitely be providing us...
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Now Proud Owners of Hens
It’s been a busy but satisfying weekend and we are now proud owners of five hens. It was an early start on Saturday and we were on our way before 7.00 o’clock to pick up a ‘Haven Henhouse’ from Flyte...
View ArticleA New Life For Three Ex-Bats
With our original five hens seemingly very settled, we decided that now was a suitable time to adopt three ex-battery hens as we had always intended. We got them from a local poultry supplier called...
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The Pullets Have Started Laying
I think all, or almost all of our younger hens are now laying. It started off a week ago, with one tiny egg in a nest box (see photo above). In the following days we had a number of soft shelled,...
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Fitting An Automatic Pop-Hole Opener
Earlier this week we fitted an automatic VSBb pop-hole opener to our henhouse. This was really to give us additional peace of mind when we are not there. Whenever we go away we arrange for someone...
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Four New Girls
Unfortunately Matilda, one of our ex-battery hens, passed away just before we went on our summer holidays. She had been the top of the pecking order since we got her and had always been a healthy...
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