Tag Archives: Keeping chickens

Introducing our new hens

Posted on May 21, 2015 by piperterrett

For the past few months we have been utterly inundated with eggs. It’s come as a bit of a shock to be honest as since we got our new hens late last summer, it’s taken them a while to get … Continue reading →

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Marmalade goes broody

Posted on August 22, 2011 by piperterrett

We thought we were doing amazingly well with eggs this summer – with both Marmalade, our big ginger Orpington hen, and Missie our light Sussex hen, working hard to lay us eggs every day, but it seems that the production … Continue reading →

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