Category: Farm loving

source I saw the fox today.  Up close. I heard distressed chicken-squawking and dropped the washing basket and ran outside. There he was, snapping at

  So I don't want you to think we are all about killing over here. I don't actually want to see the fox dead, you

  .. walking around Mum and Dad's place, notebook in one hand, camera in other. .. talking about dogs, looking up rescue shelters, weighing up

I love our chooks. They mosey around the chook yard and free range through the garden. They lay lots of eggs, enough for us to

We bought twelve hens a couple of months ago, White Leghorns, 20 weeks old, at point of lay. After two weeks, we lost one. Which

It's one of those things you hear about.  So far off your radar, you're completely unprepared.  The baby is on the ground. You're taking a

  We have a small flock of geese living next door. They hang out at our place quite a lot. They're quite peaceful, unlike other

For someone who claims to despise clichés, am I becoming one? Boy quits job, turns freelancer, family moves to country, girl bakes bread, has chickens…