Saturday saw us up and about early, bleary eyed from a 6am alarm call, sorting out the chickens, feeding and walking the dogs ... a...

We got a cute little egg the other day, one of the girls obviously not in the mood for a full sized version.  They are no good for eatin...

When we went away the other weekend the eggs that the chickens laid were obviously left in the egg boxes all day, meaning they were wal...

 Pekin egg, Skyline egg, Light Sussex egg. One of the surest signs for me that Spring is truly on the way is the first Pekin egg of t...

The days are getting longer.  Slowly but surely we have more daylight hours and the first ones to notice this and to react to the c...

In the comments on yesterday's blog post Barbara asked ' ...   what was the judging criteria for the hard boiled egg?!'  ...

After shocking most of you with the top picture on yesterday's blog post I thought I better show you all how we really eat.  Yes, w...

The birds are building up to being in full lay now, I actually have a couple of dozen eggs in the fridge, the first time this year.  ...

As I mentioned last week Angel, the 'double rescue' Hyline hen has been escaping over the fence to lay her eggs.  I had thought ...

  It's that time of year again, when us growers spend it seems all our time trying to keep up with the veggies.    We turn ou...