Shovelling sh!t
On a farm you spend a lot of time moving manure from one place to another and today […]
Guinea Hens?
Romeo has started hanging out with the chooks. I was quite happy with this until Brad told me […]
Free Range Footprints
The free ranging chickens, guineas and horses all leave their mark on the property, some messier than others. […]
Tina and Lola
The 2 new chickens are very different in colour, so we can definitely tell them apart. The paler […]
Ginger Moulting not Dying
Ginger is moulting not dying and is laying again. Two weeks ago, I was worried that Ginger had […]
Ginger has gone Broody
For the first time in the 2 years she has been with us, Ginger has gone Broody. Unfortunately […]
Four Eggs
For the first time, Ginger, Mama, Rumples and Chicken all laid eggs on the same day. Mama sent […]
Chicks Weaned
Coincidence? As soon as Dusty left, Mama left the chicks home alone and went free ranging with the […]
Free Range Chicks
Mama took the 7 week old chicks out for the first time today. She had seemed quite happy […]
Chicks at the Ugly Stage
At 3 and a 1/2 weeks old the chicks are in their in between ugly stage, just half […]
Mama and her Chicks
Mama looks very proud showing off her new babies, I didn’t let on that I knew they weren’t […]
Babies for Mama
A week later, and Mama is still broody, so I bought a couple of day old chicks from […]
Mama has gone Broody
Only a few days after I was gloating over the number of eggs being laid, Mama has gone […]
Three Eggs A Day
Ginger the champion chicken is still laying everyday and the others are catching up. Mama is laying every day again […]
Day’s End
This was the warmest day so far this winter, almost reaching 20C/68F. Australian spring officially starts on 1st […]
Dinner Bell Chicken Style
The chickens let us know when it is 4.30 and time to go home. This is the noise […]
Homeward Bound
The chickens free range during the day eating grass, insects and our dreaded red-legged earth mites and duck under […]
Back in Business
After 2 months of moulting and regenerating, Mama has laid her first egg since May. Ginger has hardly missed […]
Mama back in form
Mama has finished her moult and her comb has been getting redder by the day, so I expect she […]
Chicken
Chicken is one of the 2 young bantams our neighbour gave us last year. She is the cuddliest […]
Rogues Gallery
Now that Ginger has been to the Dag Day Spa, she has a bottom worth photographing again. I love […]
Chicken Dag Spa
Today I washed a chicken for the first time. The big fluffy bottoms are my favourite bits […]
Moulting Mama
Mama Hen has the most beautiful feathers and colouring, she reminds me of a pheasant. She is not […]
First Double Yolker
I found a whopper when I collected the eggs this afternoon. It was 89g compared to the normal […]
Red’s Dead
Red died overnight. We had kept her in the fenced backyard during the day yesterday and got her […]
Egg Skelter
Red has stopped laying, so we are only getting 3 eggs a day now. Her last couple of […]
Goldie Killed by Snake
Goldie had lost her limp and was back to normal by the 27th of January, but 2 days […]
Lame Chicken
When I let the girls out this morning, I noticed that Goldie was limping quite badly. I picked […]
First egg from young bantam
I found a perfect tiny white egg today, so we know that one of the chicks is a […]
Getting to know you
The young chicks Chicken and Rumples (yellow legs, short for Rumplestiltskin) and Mama Hen have been living in […]
Chicks at five weeks
They have lost almost all their cute fluffiness and are looking more and more like chickens. The neighbours […]
New babies settling in
After 7 days, the chicks have grown and are venturing out of the boxes, they are still very […]
So Many Stories
First off, it was a beautiful sunrise I think this time of year has the best ones and […]
New Babies
Our neighbours offered to hatch some chicks for us when we told them we were getting chickens. A […]
What a Whopper
I am sure she squawked when this came out. Not only is it huge, it is also rough […]
Free Ranging
Ginger, Goldie and Red encounter the horses for the first time. It was a peaceful meeting.
A Rainbow of colours
The eggplant, eggs, spring onions and chillies have come out really well and will definitely get replanted next […]
Our 3 Girls
The 3 girls Goldie, Ginger and Red are settling into their new home. Brad collected them from the […]
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