Adventures in the life of an English allotment
Late morning, we walked to the allotment excited to see how many chicks Cliff's broody had managed to hatch. The heat was already climbing significantly and we knew we would have to wait until evening for it to be co enough to do anything other than feeding the chickens. We arrived to find a few... Continue Reading →
Today I got down to the allotment much earlier than usual. Everyone was busy beavering away. My first job was to move the chicks into their outdoor run. With some minor encouragement, they hopped into the run and I left them with food and water. The greenhouse door, I left completely open to try and... Continue Reading →
Today I walked down to the allotment armed with my monkey puzzle tree. I bought it about eighteen months ago and it's now too big for its pot. It was time to pot it on and move it into the greenhouse. The kitchen windowsill isn't big enough to accommodate a bigger pot! I rummaged around... Continue Reading →
Upon arrival on site this morning, we discovered that there had been a fox attack. The fox had managed to get into one of the broody coops, got the broody hen and made off with all the eggs. It's been several years since we had a fox attack because everyone has strengthened their coop designs.... Continue Reading →
Over the past few days, my husband has been busy caring for the chickens and digging over the plot while I have been at work. When I arrived down today I was astonished to see how much bigger our chicks have grown in just a few days. They are massive! It looks like we might... Continue Reading →
Today we walked down to the allotment drenched in sunshine. It's unbelievable how long we have had with this good weather. As always, enjoy it while you can because British weather is notoriously fickle. My husband offered to start early on the digging so I left him to it - never refuse a good offer!... Continue Reading →
This morning we dashed down to the allotment as I had work. We quickly fed the chicks - they are still growing massively each day. I don't know how much bigger they will get but at the rate they are going, they will be the world's biggest chickens! We are still unsure about how many... Continue Reading →
It's the only downside to having more than one coop. The cleaning. So much cleaning! It takes ages to do the main coop, in fact, it took most of yesterday to do it properly. The greenhouse isn't a proper coop but it's been used that way for over a year now. The hardest part is... Continue Reading →
This morning we walked down to the allotment complete with a picnic lunch. Today was coop cleaning day and the sunshine is vital to make sure all the boards are dry before going back into the coop. When we arrived, we opened up the greenhouse door and checked on the chicks. They are so big... Continue Reading →
It started raining in the night and has continued at a steady drizzle all morning. The sky is entirely overcast and the rain looks set in for the while day. We walked down to feed the girls, our plans for cleaning out the coop postponed. It's very difficult to dry the nest box boards if... Continue Reading →
The sunshine continues! We walked down to the allotment today with a list of jobs to do. The most important was to add more wire to the greenhouse door to stop any curious cats getting at the chicks. As we walked up to the greenhouse, they were all hiding in the bottom of the nest... Continue Reading →
Today we wandered to the allotment wondering how Leia and Rey had got on with the other girls. When we got to the main coop, we discovered that Leia wasn't coping well. She had tried to hide behind the food bins. I caught her and placed her up on the top of the nest box... Continue Reading →
We had a slow start today and decided to pop down to the allotment at lunchtime. Just before we left, I popped in to check on the chicks. To my horror, I found a chick on top of the netting we had put on the top of their coop to stop them getting out. I... Continue Reading →
At work we have been keeping 9 fertile eggs in an incubator - yesterday in the midst of the chaos of coronavirus, we welcomed the arrival of nine wonderfully gorgeous fluffy chicks! When I arrived this morning, there were seven little faces looking at me from the incubator. The first two chicks arrived yesterday to... Continue Reading →
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