Our New Life in the Country: Time for Tea

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Time for Tea

Obviously the 'ladies' are not used to me being in the house all day and by teatime yesterday, currently about 3.30pm for chickens, they were all knocking on the back door demanding to see their Mum.

So what's a poorly girl to do, I got myself all wrapped up and went out to them, for tea they had their usual Layers Pellets and a sprinkle of corn and as a special treat for coming to see if I was alright, a broken up Christmas cake. To say they enjoyed it would be an understatement, it must have been the added brandy because they were all tucked up in bed by the time I got back from feeding the pigs.

I hope their hangovers aren't too bad today!

Sue xx

10 comments:

BadPenny26 January 2010 at 08:13
" Mummy where are you ? " now, is that a raised bed I see ? How are you going to keep them out ? judging by the heaps of comments I had on the subject - it simply isn't possible !!!!

Hope you feel better soon xx
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Sue26 January 2010 at 09:21
It is a raised bed, for a better look at the beds look at the post 'Misty Morning'. We currently have 6 constructed at the back of the house with 3 more due to go in soon.

They will have netted box lids to keep the hens out.

Sue xx
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Catherine26 January 2010 at 10:34
Hope you are feeling better soon! Cx
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Anonymous26 January 2010 at 11:26
Lovely birds, Sue. But you need to get better, so ignore their bullying!
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Charlotte26 January 2010 at 13:33
I'm sorry you've been poorly. (Of course one would normally suggest chicken soup but that certainly doesn't seem appropriate!!)

Oh I love your hens! They are such characters aren't they. I think all animals / birds are when you get to know them. I was talking to our kitchen maker last week - he has three hens, one of them is called Tallulah!

Really hope you feel better,

Love Charlotte
xx
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landcuckoo26 January 2010 at 14:51
Get well soon Sue x
Nice of your chooks to check up on you even if it was entirely stomach led, but then most things are with chickens!
Take care
Sarah x
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Sue @ Smiffy's Blog26 January 2010 at 16:24
Ah, they are cute. Sorry to hear you are feeling poorly. Get well soon. Sue x
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Sue26 January 2010 at 17:14
Thank you for all the good wishes. I'm feeling a bit better today, it's just a stinker of a cold, I just can't get warm.

If I was a chicken my comb would be blue and a giant human would come and sit me in a warm place and feed me, but I'm me and I soldier on getting through the chores, slowly but surely.

Thank you for caring!

Sue xx
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Jenny26 January 2010 at 17:56
Get well soon dear "mother hen".
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Taz27 January 2010 at 00:43
Oh no I hope you didn't have to go out feeling poorly to post my lavendar! I feel guilty now.
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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.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, polytunnels and veggies with the occasional grass munching sheep thrown in for good measure.

Sue xx

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