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Wind and rain on and off all day. About half an hour out on the allotment run in between the rainy periods.

I've had two fall in a stone washing tub the ducks used. One I didn't find in time and she died the other survived once I had dried her out.

Half hour this morning and three this afternoon. It stayed dry and was sunny at times. The view this evening sitting in the chair in the allotment run.

This batch of chicks are different in their behaviour towards me than the last that pair Fret hatched. This could be because Fret is a lot more trusting, to the point of giving me a gentle warning peck, rather than immediately moving off with the chicks or going full battle order.:p It's more...

More sad than relieved.

Half an hour this morning. It was raining. After a family lunch out I got back to the field at around 6pm. In theory this gives a bit over three hours of daylight time. This lot go to roost early. They were all in by 8pm.:confused: All the chicks can do the ramp now much to everyones relief...

The white gander at the field is pretty aggressive to everybody, except to Lima when she was alive. I did write about it at the time. Lima met the white gander in a narrow space and the gander gave it the head drop and wag and major hissing, Lima went for him. Sweary boy gander lost his balance...

I like the leaf chick feeder. I might try that if I can find a suitable leaf.

An hour this morning and two this afternoon. Dry until I got to the city on the way home. Some of the area closer to the goose run had become very overgrown and under used. This got brush cut today and the chickens and geese have more usable room now. Nope, he's not dying :D This is Henry...

The only mites in the coop are going to be Scaly Leg Mite. I've had a few hens that won't return to the hatch nest once the chicks are mobile. Donk, a hen in Catalonia frogmarched 4 chicks from the maternity unit straight back to her tribe's coop at two days old and established herself wedged in...

Maybe even Fret Minor.:D

I struggle to eat one cake from the Polish bakery down the road.:D

Half an hour this morning. Did I mention I'm knackered?:p Two and a half hours this afternoon. The app on my phone tells me I've done 12000 steps today. I spent most of the afternoon at the field weeding. Weeding just isn't the same without Henry by my side helping; it's a lot quicker though.:lol:

Fret went broody and hatched, Mow just went broody.

Yup. It is growing season so there are people coming and going. When Fret sat last it was October and by then the field has gone very quiet. Everybody thinks the the chicks are cute. The couple of people who said I was irrisponsible letting Fret hatch in the coop and seemed to believe one should...

An hour this morning and two and a half this afternoon. Grey, cool, but it didn't rain. I think Fret looks lovely in this picture.

Carbon has not gone broody to the best of my knowledge and isn't showing any interest in doing so. This is a bit odd because the UK CCLs have the reputation of being medium to high broodies.

Rain on and off all day. Four hours today. This morning was quick and this afternoon around two and a half hours. I've been watching the tribe dynamics (that's what they are now) carefully over the past few weeks. The removal of Dig had more of an effect than just less noise. :p Obviously the...

She does in those pictures and she does now, but she looked far from fine when I gave it to Irena. We've been lucky, all three of us, chick, Irena and me. It could have all gone horribly wrong.

Most of the day yesterday. It started off warm and by the late afternoon the rain set in and it's been raining since on and off. Mow is getting over being broody. The nest strip out seems to have done the trick. This is the picture of the chick that got left at the nest. Here they all are and...