Tilly! Stay under the trees next time 😊 glad to see she’s fitting in and getting some spa treatment also!
Calling for snow here. And freezing rain Wednesday.
Yep they are wimps!
Too be fair, I have 3 Roos - Mr P my elderly polish was out there on and off, but with 45 hens he’s all over the place!
Mr Little Chicken my OEGB bantam is terrible in the cold weather, he spends the whole winter shivering poor wee fella, and Clyde is my Frizzle Silkie, he...
Entry 4
Mr P
Age: 5
Colour: cream-white
Polish
Mr P came from a lady who wanted to rehome him, I had already dealt with a few really naughty young cockerels, and my hens were extremely relieved when I re-homed the previous cockerels. So my getting another Roo was stressful to me.
But I...
Entry 3
Twister
Hatch date: March 2023, deceased 😢
Azure Blue
Twister and her 2 sisters arrived here by a fluke, I wasn’t looking for more hens, but someone had ordered them and then didn’t want them, so the feed store asked me if I was looking for any more. So home they came.
Friendly funny...
Think it’s 17, which excludes a wee OEGB Bantam egg. I gathered the eggs but didn’t give a good count (plus I am an old lady and my memory isn’t what it used to be at 19!), about half the flock is laying and the rest are lawn ornaments. I am ok with that, the older ladies are valuable with...
Did some weights today:
Clyde
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18 Jan 2026
3.26lb (1.48kg)
31 Jan 2026
3.33lb (1.51kg)
15 Feb 2026
3.32lb (1.505kg)
His weight is steady so he can continue being out with his ladies.
Flopsy
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15 Feb 3026
3.02lb (1.37kg)
I don’t have a baseline weight for her.
Marty
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15 Feb...