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Ideas For Using Eggs

April 29, 2021 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

Spring time is lovely with the lighter nights and warmer days. If you keep chickens, you will know that these factors make for a very full egg basket. We sometimes get 14 a day and, with my menagerie of chicks growing fast, that number is set to multiply quite soon. What can you do with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Recipes Tagged: chickens, egg recipes, eggs, farmhouse kitchen, hens

Hens Are For Life Not Just For Lockdown

June 1, 2020 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

Food insecurity, a shortage of eggs, hens being also in short supply and, the ones that you manage to get are only available at massive inflated prices. These are thing that have all happened since lockdown from Covid-19 in the UK and I admit, I am worried for the welfare of some hens. The amount … [Read more…]

Posted in: Farming Tagged: chicken keeping, chickens, Covid 19, food security, hens

Farm Life, December 2019

December 12, 2019 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

Another month and a whole year of farm life. December has brought a definite chill but still with the ever present addition of rain. The grass has stopped growing and the mud is as muddy as ever so natural forage is almost non existent. We moved the Ryeland sheep into another field which I filmed … [Read more…]

Posted in: Farming Tagged: farm life, farming, goats, hens, sheep

Coop Chaos at the Farm

October 17, 2019 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

I’ve been meaning to write this post for ages but things got in the way. Over the summer, there were big changes in the chicken shed. We had an old coop which has been used for many things over the years including chickens. The chicks I had purchased were fully grown but then the battery … [Read more…]

Posted in: Farming Tagged: chickens, eggs, farm life, hens, poultry

A Guide to Keeping Chickens Part 7-The Glossary

June 25, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

When I first started keeping chickens, I felt like I had to learn a whole new language. Well, if not quite a language then definitely a glossary of terms. As with most past times, there are certain phrases reserved for the people who take part in whatever activity it is. There was a lot of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chicken Keeping Tagged: chicken keeping, chickens, chicks, farming, hens

A Guide to Keeping Chickens Part 5-The Bad Bits

June 11, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

I don’t know whether I should have written this post first. I feel like I’ve sucked you in with the desire to keep hens but not I am going to tell you all the bad points. Sorry. I feel I have to tell you though, it would be silly of me not to tell you … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chicken Keeping Tagged: A Guide to Keeping Chickens, chickens, farm animals, farm life, hens

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…]

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

A Guide to Keeping Chickens Part 2- What You Will Need

May 21, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy Leave a Comment

I hope you enjoyed the first post in my chicken keeping series last week. This one is the next (and last) preparation post before the fun bit-choosing which hens you want. Before that though, you have decided you want to keep a few hens and you have chosen the coop. What do they eat? What … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chicken Keeping, Farming Tagged: chicken keeping, chickens, farming, hens, poultry

10 Facts About the Amazing Egg

March 28, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy 2 Comments

Spring is supposedly in full swing and, when the weather warms, up my hens lay more. Most of them have laid all winter-the layers especially but the fancy breeds like the Pekins and my silkie tend to have a little break over the winter months. I’m sure you know we love eggs here. To eat … [Read more…]

Posted in: Chicken Keeping, Farming Tagged: chickens, eggs, hatching eggs, hens, laying

Secrets at the Farm

January 31, 2018 by farmerswifeandmummy 3 Comments

I am not one to keep secrets from my husband. I don’t think it promotes trusting relationships to omit the truth from your other half. When it comes to animals in general and obtaining animals in particular, there are things he just doesn’t need to know about. So my latest confession is this: I have … [Read more…]

Posted in: Farming Tagged: animals, farm, farming, hens, secrets
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