Life on (nearly) a Small Island

....the living is easy" to quote one of my favourite Gershwin songs. However it's probably only true for cats and chickens....sig...

OK it's more me being a Drama Queen than the hens it has to be said, and all ended well in case you were wondering. But this morning I...

Last night was a spectacular sunset. The photo above was taken at 22.50!  I'd missed the earlier actual setting of the sun which was ab...

Today we are back to wet and windy.....sigh.  Still it was nice while it lasted! I was talking to an Orcadian at the weekend and he said on...

I've had a couple of hens "gone broody" for some time now. To be honest I lost track of dates but was sure they were well pas...

.... in Orkney, what with the wind, the short growing season and my garden being so close to the shore with the resultant salt in the air e...

Today Spring has returned, but last week I went back into hibernation as we had strong gale force winds, sleet, rain, snow and it was reall...

I was quietly getting on with work the other day and I heard a tapping at the front door.  I opened the door - nothing..... just the hens ...

This week three new hens arrived!  That takes the total flock to 11 - one light sussex cockerel and 10 hens (one maran, two regular brown ...

While out in the garden over the weekend I was busy working up a sweat when I noticed Button lazing in the sun beside me, and Red Hen sittin...

My hens love accompanying me when I'm gardening. Despite having very small heads and therefore even smaller brains, they know there wil...

It's been a mixed bag of weather this last week. Temperatures are warming up, and yesterday (Easter Sunday) started with rain but ended...

A successful transfer took place last weekend (after much racing around - by other people, not me!) and George is now in his new home and be...

Gorgeous George, my Light Sussex cockerel is on the transfer list...... He can be seen in the centre of the picture above. I've had him ...

Nothing much to say at the moment. I'm afraid I'm still battling some Evil Virus that has been circulating around the island along ...

This week saw additions to my flock of hens. Well if the three remaining hens I had constitute a "flock"? Three new hens arrived ...

One of my hens must be walking about very gingerly after laying the egg on the left - it's almost square! Well OK not quite, but it IS ...