Woolly Tales Moving the Hens – Part 2 Carrying on from last week's story, Moving the Hens, we have both been busy installing and preparing the new area Moving the hens This week we have been very busy moving the hen coops to a new part of the orchard. This has Beetroot Bother As we move into September, our thoughts turn to harvesting. Over the next few weeks, we'll be collecting apples, tomatoes, Elliot and his progress with the hens Two weeks ago I wrote about how we'd started Elliot's "hen training". Well it's still going on, we're taking things Sheep and the summer shelter conundrum If there's one thing we have come to realise about our sheep over the years, it's that they like their Elliot learns to be with the hens Now that the sheep have accepted Elliot and he can join us off-lead in amongst them, we have turned our How to get your white woolled sheep-friendly “sheepskin” rug looking absolutely fabulous! I often get asked how I get my white rugs so clean so I thought it might be helpful to Chicks Move to the Big House Our chicks have had a purpose built predator proof run from when they were eggs. After they hatched, they had “Spending time with the sheep” – A week in my life – by Elliot, Anatolian Shepherd rescue dog from Turkey Monday 18th July I had a brilliant day today, this morning I was allowed off lead in amongst the sheep Chicks Thriving in Summer Weather The recent summer weather has been welcome for many reasons and, in particular, it has benefitted the hens. Unlike many Elliot and the Sheep As you may have read in Training our rescue dog Elliot and introducing him to the sheep, Elliot has been Training our rescue dog Elliot and introducing him to the sheep We’ve had our new dog Elliot for just over a month now. Being a rescue dog and coming from Turkey, Yarr has a sore hoof Every so often sheep get sore feet. This is not too surprising as they spend a lot of time on Chicks Abroad On Saturday, we spent some time watching our newly hatched chicks in their safe and secure run. It soon became Baby chicks hatch About three weeks ago, we mentioned we had a broody hen (Broody Hens Conundrum); Mrs Mills Junior (MMJ) to be Wonderful Vinegar! The benefits of adding vinegar to the rinse cycle when washing wool. I love vinegar! It has so many uses around the house other than in the culinary department. I use it « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … 16 Next »