High eggspectations?

The vigilant amongst you will have noticed that things have gone very quiet on our chick-hatching front. Infact, things have not gone well at all. From where we left off with a series of minor disasters, our Brinsea mini-eco incubator did seem to work alright, for about 7 days. Then, one morning I came down to…

Eggciting Times (Or; The trials and tribulations of home incubation)

My 30th birthday came and went, and the promised (easter?) Ixworth eggs didn't materialise. A little worried, I had TheWife chase the online shop she bought them from, only to discover to our surprise that not only did they not have any Ixworth eggs available, they actually didn't have any laying hens either!! Quite when…

A pa(ou)ltry first article

My fondness for chickens heralds back over 15 years, to growing up with my mother keeping a variety of pure and mixed breed chickens and ducks in an old shed in our garden - Indeed the once commonplace smell of creosote brings back particularly strong memories! But of all the breeds she had; Warrens, Light…