Archive for September 1st, 2008
Fox Kills Chicken… The Morning After
Fox Kills Chicken… The Morning After sees Toby say to Julia, ‘oh well never mind Mum, we can get another chicken’!
There’s feathers still blowing round the garden, but the survivors don’t seem any worse for wear. They’re a little ‘miffed’ that they’re being kept in their run and keep pecking at the door to be [...]
Posted: September 1st, 2008 under Keeping Chickens.
Tags: Chicken Lays An Egg, Keeping Chickens, Mr Fox
Comments: 1
Fox Kills One Of Our Chickens
Fox Kills One Of Our Chickens… This post contains a graphic description and image of one of our chickens that got ‘taken’ by a fox on Sunday night.
What a roller coaster ride we’ve had keeping chickens this last 24 hours… Our first eggs have been laid, now we’re faced with breaking the news to Toby in the [...]
Posted: September 1st, 2008 under Keeping Chickens.
Tags: Chicken Garden, Chicken House, Chicken Run, Keeping Chickens, Mr Fox
Comments: 5
1000 Chicken Coops Sold Every Week In The UK
1000 Chicken Coops Sold Every Week In The UK was printed in the Mail on Sunday on 31/08/08. Did anyone else read this chicken keeping article? The article is here if you missed it.
The chicken keeping article spreads over two pages in the Mail on Sunday and states that thousands of city dwellers are rearing [...]
Posted: September 1st, 2008 under Chicken Keeping News, Keeping Chickens.
Tags: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Keeping Chickens
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Chicken Lays An Egg!
Chicken Lays An Egg! Whoopee our chickens have laid a egg! Wait, no scrub that, our chickens have laid two eggs…
Toby our four year old discovered the first egg on Saturday morning. He’d been staying at Grandma’s house for a couple of days and came back at around 10:00 am in the morning. I’d checked [...]
Posted: September 1st, 2008 under Keeping Chickens.
Tags: Chicken Lays An Egg, Keeping Chickens
Comments: 2