A Wee Haggis!

Are the Hens eggs getting stranger every day? After my last post I do wonder what will turn up next but getting a closer look I think that's a wee haggis inside the chicken coop! Wonder how that got there!

Happy Burns Night everyone!

Natural Magic

'Whoa! Look at that egg! Did you lay it?'



'You must be joking, look at the size of it. I am very proud of my large eggs but that must be XXL'



'OMG it's changing colour now!'



'And again, this is scary'



'Shall we try to hatch it out?'



'No leave it, we don't know where it's come from, or what's inside.'



'But it's magical, we could be out of business if more of these turn up. Who would want our eggs when there are ones like this around? We can't compete with that!'



'Yes we can. Every time we lay an egg, there is a little bit of natural magic going on inside this chicken coop.'



'We should be proud every time we lay an egg - size and colour doesn't come into it.


Wishing everyone a happy and very magical year from Inside the Chicken Coop!

Three wishes!

I thought today how un-complicated Christmas must be for animals - well that is for the ones that are loved and cared for.

I put up three little stockings tonight for my wonderful little hens and loved the expression on Blodwyns face. I wondered what she would wish for tonight along with her camera shy sisters - Braith and Bethan?

They are three very different characters, although some people may think they look similar they are not.

That is the wonderful thing about chickens, they do have the most individual and personal characters.

Can't wait to see what turns up in those little stockings tomorrow!

Merry Christmas to everyone from Inside the Chicken Coop!
xx

Now that's better!

I have been so worried about my poor old girls during this freezing weather.
Yet they started to lay again and now look very healthy for old hens living through extreme weather conditions. They love their comfort and so I continue to pander to their needs.

I have so far fitted three shower curtains to protect their coop from the snow and ice.

I put the curtains onto a proper curtain wire so when it is sunny I can draw it back to allow the maximum amount of sunshine into the chicken coop and when the weather gets nasty I can shut them in and keep them cosy.

Tonight I took them a little bread and warm skimmed milk (they do like to watch their figures) they were so appreciative.

Blodwyn tucked in first as usual. The milk was dripping from her beak! I think if she were human she would be like the 'Nigella Lawson' of the chicken world - Beautiful and loving her food!)

Hope all our animals stay safe and warm in this weather.

Was it wrong of me to laugh?

I had an unexpected half day of work today so wanted to make full use of the extra time.

As usual I divide the time between being with my animals and my writing, so I was so pleased that I managed to let the girls out for a while to stretch their wings. Although they love their cozy coop which is safe while I am work, it's great to see them pottering around the garden while there is some daylight and today they welcomed the few hours outside of the chicken coop.

When they have a bit of freedom they always do the funky chicken meets 'Eddy the Eagle Edwards' act but today they did a new routine that would not go a miss in strictly come dancing.(well in some cases anyway!)

The ground was very wet and slippy. As they emerged one by one from the coop, they did their own star turn by flapping their wings in delight, running as fast as they could - then doing a mud slide in most un-dignified manner.

I did notice that each of them did not learn from the previous one's mistakes and just went for it anyway, all falling in the same spot, poor things! Was it wrong of me to laugh?

Spooks in the Coop

Bobbing for apples.


Alas, poor Yorick.



Forget it Casper, you don't scare me!



Pumpkin Head


Igor the feathered claw


Even Witches have pets!

Happy Samhain to everyone!

Harvest Hiccups

Oh fab! Windfall apples, full of naughty goodness. Just look at that rotten one, it's full of fermenting tasty bits.



Yum, I may have to sample one of these as well.



Or perhaps two! Yummy, I can taste the natural sugar and it's making me so happy! Weeeeeeh!



Oh dear! I feel soooo wob-errr-ly - Hic!



Ohhh my head hurts-hic! Ohhhhhhh, noooooo, I feelz bad! Hicc!



Beddddz I need my bed, hehehe!! Hic! Hahah Hic! Oh nooo I'm going to throw up that worm I ate earlier. Sl-eeep, I need sl-eeep.


Several hours later and more than forty winks



Oh that's better, never again! Hmm, well perhaps not until next year. Anyway, I am taking the meaning of harvest quite literally. I shall reap, gather and eat! In moderation of course.