To the dismay of the hens, Harvey decided to wander into the bottom of the main chicken house while I was attempting to persuade them to come in for the night.
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Joining the flock
28 September, 2011
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I had hoped to get a decent photograph of our young Scots Grey pullets and cockerels joining the main flock today. However, they took one look at the camera and bolted into the darkest corner of the big poultry run where they clustered into a shivering huddle. The photo, above, was the best image I [...]
Read more What price welfare?
1 September, 2011
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Once again British farmers will be squeezed as Britain implements tighter welfare standards while other countries fail to do so. UK farmers, who are on course to comply with EU-imposed welfare improvements, fear cheap imports from countries where the directive is ignored. Hundreds of poultry farmers across Europe with millions of egg-laying hens are expected [...]
Read more Farewell to Orville
8 August, 2011
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It’s a bleak, wet and windy day on the croft, which felt appropriate when I decided Orville, our oldest Scots Grey cockerel, had to be put down. Orville had grown more stiff and less mobile over the past two months so it was increasingly likely that he’d be culled sooner rather than later. In the [...]
Read more Chicken hut maintenance
24 July, 2011
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I started the long chore that is chicken hut maintenance today. Each of the chicken huts needs to be thoroughly cleaned, disinfected, repaired, treated with two coats of wood preservative on the outside, limewashed inside and then returned to use. After cleaning the huts, I prefer to tip them upside down and paint them with [...]
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