Chickens and Ducks
Erin and Elle, the Indian Runners, have now been with us for a year and Clover , the Rouen, eighteen months. Of our four ducks Lucky, a Khaki Campbell, has been with us the longest [2 years] and has survived three fox attacks, hence the name! She seems to be the only reliable layer but yesterday we were in for a surprise.
For the past week or so she has been keeping quite a low profile and hiding herself away under the tree, so w ...
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Our four ex-battery chickens seem to have given up laying at the moment. It could be the time of year or maybe they are all past their prime at almost three years old. We therefore decided we needed some new blood in the hen house. We arrived too late for the poultry bidding at Holsworthy but came away with a clutch of chicks in a tiny shoe box which had not been sold....two Wellsummers and four Rhode Island Reds. We bought them ...
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We have four ducks. A Khaki Campbell called Lucky, she survived three fox attacks hence her name! A Rouen called Clover as the first thing she did when put on the grass was to start eating the clover. The other two are grey Indian Runners who stand tall and slender like super models so we call them Erin and Elle.
We feed the ducks in the morning along with the chickens. Some mornings we get one or two eggs. &nbs ...
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Our chickens are rescued ex battery hens. They are looking much better than they did when we first got them.
The bossy one is called Vera. She had no feathers around her neck and chest when we first got her and she looked like a vulture, so she became 'Vera the Vulture'! She became 'page three girl' for a while when her neck feathers grew back but she still had a bare chest. All ...
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