Hen that thinks it’s a dog…

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Mabel has adopted a litter of puppies, leaving their real mum, Nettle, in a huff Photo: CATERS

And then there were thirteen

Sad news really. The poor chicken that had been in intensive care did not make it. Her prolapse just kept getting worse. After two days of honey and the Preparation H it was not better. In fact it was getting worse. She was not happy.

On Sunday morning I went down to check on her and [...]

Cockerel Dispatch Day

In April we bought 16 Chantecler chickens fro Oakesmuir Farm just outside of Guelph. Since then we have raised, fed, and watched over [...]

Summertime and the Living is Busy

New and improved chicken door.

Our chicken coop renovation is partially finished. The set-up we had for the chickens to get in and out of the barn was a bit silly. We had to move a door and put a chiar braced with wood at the gate so the sheep couldn’t get in. Mr. Tufts [...]

The Chicken House Part 3

Yesterday we moved the chickens into their permanent coop. Catching chickens is not for the faint of [...]