When we were first introduced to the concept of chicken saddles it conjured up images of chickens racing across a field with tiny little jockeys bobbing up and down on …
Chicken Breeding ChickensA Guide to Chicken Saddles
Chickens homesteading smallholdingBird Flu and Chicken Boredom Busters
We started keeping chickens so that we could free range them and raise them to high welfare standards. Unfortunately, bird flu (caused by the Avian Influenza virus) has become a …
Chickens Garden Maintenance TreesThe Problem with Autumn/Fall…
Autumn/Fall is a beautiful season. The leaves on the trees show a myriad of colours and for a period of time the garden looks like a beautiful oil painting. The …
Chicken Breeding Chickens homesteading smallholdingOur Mixed Chicken Flock
We breed Buff Orpington chickens and anyone familiar with our social media accounts will be very familiar with the chickens either running towards us, or after us. Fiona’s accounts on …
Chicken Breeding ChickensAn Unexpected Chick
We breed Buff Orpingtons chickens here on the smallholding and we love this friendly and animated breed. Each year we buy in a small number of hatching eggs. This is …
ChickensThe loss of a star
This week has been difficult. We’ve lost the last of our original Orpingtons and she’s left a little ginger hole in our lives. Our chickens are livestock as we are …
Chicken Breeding ChickensBroody Hens are like buses….
We breed Buff Orpingtons. These chickens are large, golden and friendly like Cinnamon featured on the right. One of the best features of the Buff Orpington is that they have …
