I've just returned from two days in the Pyrenees, and spring is putting on a party for me! everything is exploding the day after my return. The tender greens of the elm, chestnut, ash, and lime trees dance magically in the breeze. The blue and purple irises have opened near the grain shed. All the …
She took me completely by surprise. I was horrified to find my three little chicks dead, one of which was beheaded. I had moved them to a big pen where they had their own space and they seemed so happy. Having been raised in the living room they were so friendly and sweet. I first …
The girls are lovely. Who would have thought that our hens would be talking to us? Because they do! They have a way of rubbing their beaks on our legs and there is no mistaking that, they are saying what have you got for me? And they are insisting like a young child would. If …
March 30th- The girls have been here one week. They have settled and one little one, the smallest one, is giving us an egg every day. The others are busy with other things. They have not been using the ladder to come out in the morning, they have been flying down. The egg layer goes …
A beautiful and full day here today! Getting into the garden in the orchard and weeding the strawberry beds in sandals felt good. A lot needs doing but time is on my side, there is no need to panic. I have been so busy with everything to do with the hens and now they are …
( from 24th march) Finally last night after my teaching session I went to Serge’s to get his hen. I had brought him a cardboard box on my way into town and we did the deed quickly like thieves: I didn’t want to be stopped on my way home by the cops checking curfew passes. …
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