Yesterday was another lovely Spring day. A bit breezy but in the shelter of the old stone dyke (wall) it was lovely and I got some more digging of the veggie (vegetable) patch done. The hens just love rootling around among the soil as I dig. Fresh worms in exchange for fresh eggs seems a reasonable deal to me!
However..... sometimes I feel a little crowded by hens..... I fear I might impale one on my garden fork, or give one concussion as it bends for a worm in a clod as I go to whack the clod to disperse the earth! Fortunately it's the older hens that cluster round me, and the old cockerel. The younger birds wait till I've retreated to a safe distance before they tuck in.
Meanwhile the furry buds on the willow trees are bursting out already. They are so pretty.
Now....if I could just get my hens to lay eggs like this I would be very happy! But their own variety are probably healthier....sigh..... and go better with toast......
What lovely sunshine, Sian. We've had a bit today, but still plenty of cloud about. I used to find that our hens started to lay much better once the days were longer than the nights. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes several are coming into lay now the days are lengthening. I know some folk put a light in the hen house so they lay all year round but I'm happy for my hens to have a wee rest! Usually I'll get one or two that lay through the winter but I had a combination of older hens who had stopped and younger hens not yet ready to lay.
DeleteGreat digging, hens are so funy. X even if they don't eat choc eggs xx
ReplyDeleteI don't mind them not EATING them if they would only lay them ;-) But thank you for the giant choccy (as opposed to chooky) egg which will keep me going for a few days!
DeleteHoly cats ! Is that a chocolate egg ?
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have 2 or 3 hens, but we aren't allowed to have them in the city. Stooopid city !
Yep a real LARGE chocolate egg! And I had another one given to me this week too..... Yum! Yes it's a shame that cities won't allow hens. As long as there is no cockerel there shouldn't be too much noise, and you would think it would be a "sustainable city" factor too!
Deletethat is quite the chocolate egg ... one wonders if it is a trick of photography (shot being taken a distance from said egg) or if that egg is filled with more eggs ...
ReplyDeleteAnne in Cambridge (the U.K. one)
p.s. gave up choc for Lent, despite being a supporter of Dawkins etc.
No trick photography! Our local supermarket (Co-op) sells these eggs made from "Fair-Trade" chocolate. This one was Butterscotch within the chocolate and I was given another one this week - a Hot Cross Bun one! Nothing inside, just hollow eggs, but very yummy! And I'm sorry if I'm teasing you with chocolate before Easter!
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