Hi Sandy , The reason we go to work , Pay the vet bills .
Keep well .
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Bob

Hi all , Firstly hope Sandy your coping ok and thank you for the call . Speak again soon I hope . All hens are now more or less re feathered and the poorly hens that had a bad moult are now full of fun. Ducks still quacking in the morning and the top duck is still jumping on Daisy . rats are back , ...

Hi all , all good at the flock of Penelope and Red . Semi lock up with me . They are let out for a while so the ducks can get in the pond for a wash and beak up. Plenty of eggs and the ducks giving me 2 eggs a day . Final request for redundancy put in , now it is a case of wait and see if they are p...

Hi all , first day shift back for a while . Hope all are doing well and flocks safe . Firstly . Be aware that avain flu is back again . Looks like my flock are joining me in a lockdown as in a high risk area . My flock are eating well as always . Last Sat they went to a birthday party in a garden . ...

Hi , Pleased all is ok .
Moulting time is rough on us humans as well .
watch out if you do not know Avian flu is back in England again .
Bob

Hi all . my 20 chickens and 2 ducks , 3 cats and the dog all doing well. REDUNDANCY applied for subject to management letting me go ( Not expendable ) . Date could be 20th NOVEMBER 2020 or soon after . Kitchen now put off till early December ? Plastering started with a different plasterer. Still goi...

Hi pleased all ok and love the photo`s
Catch up soon .
Bob

Hi all , Well long time since written . I have 20 chickens and 2 ducks in my flock . 6-10 eggs a day 1-2 from the ducks . I am taking my years holiday from wed to the 4th Jan . ( Subject to BREXIT ) . I will be working my rest shifts and O/T when around . Now my flock and rabbit , dog and 3 cats are...

Hi all , well Dark mornings and dark evenings and work , Covid 19 and all the other trouble of the world interfering with life . Unfortunately what comes with life is death . My Light Sussex hen died yesterday afternoon from Canker . I hate this canker with a passion . Meds do not seem to work full ...

Hi , there is always a place in my kitchen and my heart . Unfortunately my Light Sussex hen , friend and match to Desmond the Great , after 24 hours in my kitchen died Friday (yesterday ) afternoon whilst at work . She went down hill on Wednesday and I new she would not be long before she flew over ...

Hi as expected , the loss of my kitchen friend freezer . Died in her sleep last night peacefully after a last meal of sweetcorn and honey water and a very large dose of Metcam . Will miss the pleasant sound of cheeping in the morning . Only hen now worried about is the Light Sussex hen with canker s...

Hi all , sad news as I was expecting , Freezer the last of the tri kitchen living in hens died in her sleep peacefully . I feed her last night 11.00am sweet corn and honey water and a large dose of Metcam . She was a SLEEP with head in her neck feathers this morning . I will miss the hens in the kit...

Hi I am looking to do the same at some point in time . I have been looking for land . Some have covenants on to stop building or wheeled vehicles . Some are green belt and will have problems to build on . Some have if you build on the land to pay previous owners a uplift of value which it was paid f...

Hi all , Freezer is not doing to well , her comb is looking good and pink. Just struggling with her size . Feed her sweet corn and a new med water and honey which she liked . Give her some more food tonight and metcam . She still has the bright eyes . I may try and give her a warm bath tonight to se...

Hi , I should not say all well , I found a hen dead in the small coop . She was one of Jacks hens . Left leg blue ring no 11 . She had never caused me trouble and was a foot soldier of the flock . Light Sussex has been out in the rain and still managing to eat and drink . meds still 2 a day > Maybe ...