Ex-bat Life: Day 6
Day 6 of ex-bat life got off to a dramatic start, sadly one of our quails passed away yesterday, we think she was spooked by something and then in blind panic went into shock....
Coop Cam
Ex-bat Life: Dusty Day 2
Today was my second day off work to help settle in the new hens, it is safe to say they are feeling more at home now! The day started with them needing a little...
Ex-bat Life: Day 1 of Freedom!
Yesterday we took a trip to Coventry to pick up some battery hens, it was arranged by the British Hen Welfare Trust who I learnt about after talking to one of our vet practices...
Meet Spirit
Spirit is a very lucky white button quail who survived a feline encounter before being taken to our local vets in Kidderminster! We jumped at the chance to rescue him and after some TLC...
R.I.P Rosi
Rosi passed away on the 13th June 2016, she was a very brave chicken and previously survived a prolapse and being egg bound. In the days before she died she was happily laying but...
Fox attack 1st July
I’m sad to report that on Friday 1st July shortly after 4pm a fox entered our garden and killed both ducks and two chickens, Dora and Mini Egg. Initially we could only find Brock...
Meet Daffy and Daisy
Our hen keeping adventure has stepped up a level recently with the addition of Daffy and Daisy! We got them last weekend and gave them some time to settle in whilst we thought of...
Exciting plans for summer!
With the clocks going forward the hens are now out most of the time and they love it – whilst they do their thing we are planning some exciting upgrades to their coop! The...
General website update
It has been a while since I’ve properly sit down and updated the website, I’ve done bits here and there but nothing major… until today! The live webcam stream has been upgraded and now...
Webcams now have sound!
We are excited to announce the addition of sound to the webcams – You can now hear them in all their chicken-y glory at the webcams page. For information on how it works, checkout...
Jilly Gray’s first egg!
Jilly Gray suprised us this morning, we watched her on the camera as she jumped up on top of the nest boxes and investigated, before we knew it she was sat down and laying...
