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Adventures in growing our own food, raising livestock and beekeeping on less than one acre

Poultry and Livestock

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24 Jan 2021

A Few Winter Jobs

by CHRIS | posted in: Bit o' Banter, In The Garden, Poultry and Livestock | 0

With livestock however comes a few responsibilities which can’t be escaped and our chicken pen has become due a good clean out, so we did venture out briefly to tackle that today.

birds, chickens, poultry, winter
21 Apr 2020

Setting Goose Eggs

by CHRIS | posted in: Poultry and Livestock | 0

I’ve just set 11 goose eggs in the incubator. These are not mine but belong to a farmer friend who has a mated goose that won’t sit her eggs. They took a rather convoluted journey to me due to current … Continued

eggs, geese, goose, hatching, incubator
29 Mar 2020

New roof for the Chuck’s

by CHRIS | posted in: Poultry and Livestock | 0

a couple of hours work and £39.00

hens, onduline, poultry, poultry housing, roof, welsummer
29 Feb 2020

Teeswater Sheep Exhibition

by CHRIS | posted in: Poultry and Livestock | 0

Last night saw myself and Michelle finishing work early and heading up to Hawes through the wind and rain of storm Jorge. We have been looking forward to this exhibition for some months having seen many of Melissa’s photographs over … Continued

sheep, teeswater

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