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Chickens explore a re-grassed chicken run.

Keeping chickens: The Run

23 December, 2011 by Stonehead 7 Comments

To thrive and do well, chickens need access to an outdoor area where they can forage, dust bathe, exercise and indulge their natural behaviours. The chicken run fulfils those requirements, whether it’s a one-acre field, a section of orchard, half a back garden or a couple of square metres of wood and mesh attached to a [...]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding, Poultry

Chicken, chicken coop, hens, postaweek2011, Poultry, Rural Living, Smallholding

The younger Scots Greys decided to hide in a corner of the pen.

Curious death of a chicken

8 November, 2011 by Stonehead 4 Comments

One of our Scots Grey pullets died last night. I counted all the chickens out when I opened the pophole to the big hen house this morning. The flock was one short. After walking around to the main door, I opened it and looked in.

Poultry, Scots Greys

Animal Health, Animal welfare, Chicken, Crofting, Farming, postaweek2011, Scots Grey, Smallholding

Joining the flock

28 September, 2011 by Stonehead 6 Comments

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 [...]

Poultry, Scots Greys

Chicken, Crofting, postaweek2011, Poultry, Scots Grey, Smallholding

Chicken and red lentil curry

20 June, 2009 by Stonehead 2 Comments

We don’t always eat traditional English and Scottish foods, despite what my blog posts appear to indicate. No, sometimes we indulge ourselves with dishes from further afield. Tonight, I looked to India for inspiration, coming up with fish curry for the Other Half and chicken and red lentil curry for the boys and I.

Curries, Recipes

Chicken, Curries, curry, Food, Recipes

All in a Sunday’s work

7 September, 2008 by Stonehead 8 Comments

As there are so many new visitors to the blog today, I thought it would be useful to take people through our workload on a typical Sunday—our “slow” day. We started by doing the daily animal round of checking all the livestock, letting the poultry out, then feeding and watering the pigs and chickens before [...]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding