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Chicken Maths Explained

March 8, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy 8 Comments

If you don’t keep chickens and have never kept chickens, you have probably never heard of chicken maths. I had never heard of chicken maths or chicken math as our American friends call it, before I kept hens myself. To be honest, it is not something you learn. Just the act of keeping chickens automatically … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Chicken Keeping, Farming Tagged: chicken math, chickens, farmer's wife, farming, maths on the farm

When Animal Boarding at the Farm Goes Wrong

February 7, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy 3 Comments

When you live on a farm and can’t take holidays, you become very popular. Especially with people at your children’s school. You see, finding your nearest farmer’s wife who has a problem with saying no means everyone’s dog, cat or hamster can be sent for a fortnight’s holiday at the farm and have just as … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Chicken Keeping, Farming Tagged: chicken boarding, chickens, farm life, farmer's wife, holidays

10 Facts About Chickens

October 16, 2017 by farmerswifeandmummy 9 Comments

Hens are amazing and funny creatures and, in my five years of keeping them, they have provided me with no end of amusement and entertainment. I have decided to write a bit of a guide to tell everyone about some things, you may not realise about our little, feathered friends. A chick takes about 21 … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Chicken Keeping, Farming Tagged: chickens, eggs, farm, hens, pets

A Bit of a Chicken Update

August 22, 2016 by farmerswifeandmummy 1 Comment

I haven’t written about my chickens for a while so I thought I’d update you. I had the five from Boo’s school-one cockerel (Adam) and the four hens; a pekin and two silkies. Then the trio of white Pekins I got from the livestock auction and the five ex-battery hens. I hatched seven of my … [Read more…]

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More Success at the Animal Auction

June 2, 2016 by farmerswifeandmummy 2 Comments

After our failed trip to our local animal auction a month or so ago, I was reluctant to return. Not least for the fact that I realised how difficult it would be to go on my own, buy animals, push the pram and hang on to an excited five-year-old. Last week however, I was feeling … [Read more…]

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Five Reasons You Need to Keep Chickens as Pets

April 19, 2016 by farmerswifeandmummy 8 Comments

If you follow me on social media, you can’t have missed what can only be described as chicken-spam, flooding your feeds. I have kept chickens before but, when I was just about to have Baby G, Hubster sold my last lot of chucks to a workman as he said he was not prepared to look … [Read more…]

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