Sadly this morning we lost Molly. I had been hand feeding her over the past two days and she rallied rather brilliantly last night. She pecked at her own food, drank enthusiastically and gobbled scrambled egg. This morning however, she looked in a very bad way and slipped away in her sleep. Molly and Holly... Continue Reading →
Miracles can (and do) happen!
We arrived back from our holiday expecting to find our plots waist deep in weeds and the coop extension still to do. Instead we arrived back to some weeds, but nowhere near as bad as I thought - it appears the unending rain has been so unrelenting that the weeds didn't have much of a... Continue Reading →
Rat catching and planning permission
Determined to make progress at the allotment today, I arrived early. I fed the chickens, much to their delight, and the ever greedy quail. It turns out the rat problem continueth - I spotted two large ones in the coop this morning and Cliff spied another couple yesterday. Always reliable Geoff and Cliff moved the... Continue Reading →
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