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A Guide to Keeping chickens Part 4- Cockerels

June 4, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy 1 Comment

The first thing many people ask when they start to keep chickens is ‘do you need a cockerel.’ The short answer is no. Hens lay eggs with or without a cockerel so, if it s eggs you are after, the male is not necessarily needed. The other thing people often wonder is, if you do … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Chicken Keeping Tagged: chicken keeping, chickens, cockerels, eggs, hens

Naughty farmer’s wife favouring some animals over others

March 26, 2014 by farmerswifeandmummy 3 Comments

Do you remember the uproar not so long ago when a parent admitted they preferred one of their children over the other? Then some other parents jumped on the band wagon and said they felt the same. Well as a farmer’s wife, I feel I should love all of the animals equally but, like those … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Farming Tagged: chickens, cockerels, dogs, farm, farmer's wife, farming, pets, rabbits, sheep

An open letter to Mr Fox and all your associates

January 25, 2014 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

Dear Mr Fox,   You have visited us too many times over the past few years. We have spent hundreds of pounds on birds that have either ended up in your horrible stomach or left dead in the coop and the field. I have cried many, many tears over the carnage you have left and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Farming Tagged: chickens, cockerels, eggs, farm, farming, fox, hens, poultry

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