makes me mine

Well it had to happen, despite all my crossed fingers and hopes of some mix-bred mishap, Stu came out and announced himself o...

I decided to try mixing the little ones with the rest of the flock.  The original plan was to leave then to it for a couple of hours, as lo...

  and one little chook that doesn't know what (s)he is but, thankfully, is continuing to keep quiet about it!    They...

We're not yet sure, but it seems that my lovely Sili could be a boy... and I'm not yet entirely sure what to do if that is the case...

Highlights included: Finishing off the grass by the kitchen door, at last, only 3 years late... Megan approved. "Homework" ...

The other excitement of Sunday, was the arrival of our new girls... a post-swim treat for both of us!  Yes, going from one back to four cho...

(it sounds like something Roald Dahl would come up with) Chooks like meal worms, luckily for me (as I am really not a fan) they are at le...

Shakira is proving feisty.  So feisty in fact that I quickly got tired on Sunday of calling "Shakira!" across the garden.  Thanks...

I lay in bed yesterday morning at 5am (the dog-alarm was a little early!) planning what I'd need to do if I wanted to get some new choo...

It was slightly prophetic maybe to have chosen that picture of Blue yesterday; she died with less than a day to go till we could get her to...

The beautiful Blue isn't well, so I gave her her dinner separately today and, as she hung out for a bit with me, yoghurty beak and all,...

Just back from our holiday I was looking forward to posting my favourite pictures of the week away.  Instead, I'm posting my favou...

The poor chooks have gone into moult late again and the coldest weather has come just as they are at their baldest.  They are miserable and...

In the midst of settling our new chook in, we have discovered that our top hen, Fly, has an impacted crop.  Pre-surgery (lets hope we don...