Our New Life in the Country: Not going Egg-actly to plan!!

Tuesday 14 July 2009

Not going Egg-actly to plan!!

Our little Broody House

Well, we have our little broody house installed in the chicken run and in it are the 6 fertilised eggs and 2 of our girls eggs now hard-boiled for longevity. But our fussy little ladies are evicting the fertilised eggs and leaving theirs in the main cosy nesting box. Ironically the chicken that is the broodiest is Mother, so we'll give her a go.

If this doesn't work the next step will be to buy a couple of POL chickens instead. We have a brand new Eglu sitting outside the chicken run so we will have to integrate them into the flock gradually but let the newcomers live in the Eglu.

Last nights peas.

In the meantime we are busy harvesting the peas on a daily basis, and yummy they are too, especially the ones that are cooked. Lovely Hubby is getting in the habit of picking and eating a pod full every time he passes by so all kisses are pea flavoured at the moment!!

Just off to pick some more for tea.

Have a lovely evening.

Sue xx

3 comments:

MelMel14 July 2009 at 20:03
Good luck with the chooks!
The peas look fantastic!x
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Sal15 July 2009 at 06:00
Love the little broody house.. (I'd paint it,naturally!)
I think those chickens need taking in hand though!;-)
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Anonymous15 July 2009 at 18:17
Hi Sue,

Had terrible trouble trying to comment on your posts lately!

The hen house is great, just gotta get those pesky chickens in order now eh!

Rose XXX
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This was my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life learning all about and then living the smallholding life. First we started on a farm in Oxfordshire, then we moved to a smaller place in Berkshire (both in England) and then we found a place of our very own at the bottom of a hillside in North Wales. Along for the ride were all our various animals, and we ended up with just our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang, a sheep called Ethel who wandered in off the road and stayed... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It was simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... many years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

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Sue xx

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