Tag: eggs
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Imbolc
Imbolc is one of the eight festivals of the pagan year, and is the one most concerned with new life, returning light and Brighid. Standing halfway between winter Solstice and spring Equinox it of course has a particular calendar date applied to it, 1st February. For some it’s when the first snowdrops flower but we’ve had snowdrops flowering in…
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Three new chooks
By chance, Miss found out that the local farm shop had some ‘Point of Lay’ chickens for sale and we picked up three new girls on Saturday. We now have two Marans – our original Speckledy from 2005 and a new Basic Marans, the two Welsummers from 2007 and two new White Sussex. The picture…
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Snow Chooks and Batteries
Back in February 2006 I fitted a Chicken House automatic door opener. Three years on the four AA cells have depleted and needed replacing. Three years service isn’t bad, out in all weathers including days like these… even if the supplier said four. The girls are having a great time in the snow, building snowmen…
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Egg-cellent news!
We had our first egg of 2008ce today! The last one of 2007ce was 16th November, so the girls have been freeloading all over winter. I was wondering if they’d all gone broody, or just plain idle. The mite infection on Esme’s leg seems to be clearing up and, assuming it clears up for good,…
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