OK, as promised…. I’m posting again!!!
I just had to share my little babies with you. This is a photo of them at 2 days old. Their feathers have fluffed up and they’re alert and absolutely gorgeous.
Aren’t they ever so cute? We bought an incubator just before Christmas and these little ones are are [...]
Filed under: chickens on February 3rd, 2009 | No Comments »
I’ve alway thought that having chickens is a great advantage to any organic gardening /permaculture system. I mean they provide you with eggs, meat (if you’re that way inclined), chicks if you have a rooster, fertilizer – and they eat bugs and weeds if you’ve got somewhere for them to forage.
Trouble is, they can eat [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, chickens on September 28th, 2008 | No Comments »
A few days ago we were given a new rooster. He’s gorgeous and is a big hit with my girls (the hens). Take a look at them here, scratching around free-ranging in a weedy part of our yard.
They have a run as part of where they are locked up at night, but they love to [...]
Filed under: chickens on August 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
I walked past my organic veggie garden a day or two ago on my way to feed the chooks, and to my horror my 30cm tall (12 inches) broad beans were all bent over. I was mortified! Then I took in the surrounding landscape…. misty, very cold, crunching sound as I walked… yes, there was [...]
Filed under: chickens, vegetables on July 31st, 2008 | No Comments »
If you’ve read a few of my posts, you’ll have already worked out that I really love herbs. I mean, they are just such wonderful and versatile plants. They have so many gorgeous scents and flavours and there’s one for just about everything that ails you.
But it’s not just people that can benefit from [...]
Filed under: Herbs, chickens on July 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »