The arrival of the ladies ..

Chickens have been part of the plan for a fair few years here but we haven't been at the point to get them so after a lot of research and planning and waiting for what seemed liked ages we finally went and picked some up .. Unfortunately all didn't go quite to plan as the birds had not arrived and my boy was very unsettled by this.. whilst I was sorting him out my mamm had a word and we agreed that coming home empty handed after all the preparation involved was not an option so in the end we came away with two pure breeds at a fraction of the price ,one Gold Laced Wyandotte .. info here and a cream crested legbar info here . We will go back in a week to pick up two hybrids to join them.
They have settled in quite nicely and are quite different in their little characters .. Spottie Dottie is a shy and quiet lady , content with gentle scratching and looking around , her cluck is more of a peep and we hardly know she is there..Mrs Norris on the other hand is a busty , bossy vocal madam who likes to be noticed .. No eggs yet .. but that's fine as the eggs are a bonus for myself as I really just enjoy their company and the enjoyment of watching them .. 

Mrs Norris on the left , Dottie on the right..

Out the front progress ...

I have been enjoying the sunshine the last few days , it's beautiful and all the plants are rocketing on , we have today , had a massive de weed out the front and given all the dandys to the rabbits , they were very grateful indeed . This year the front will be slightly different to last year in which we had an explosion of courgettes that took over in a trifid style fashion ! We currently have garlic in and a thyme chive border , but after reading so much about our poor bees this year I have decided to combine , bee friendly plants with cabbages and kales in between , as well as beans up the wigwam pole I want to include some sweet peas again for our bees .. , that's the plan anyway , I'm sure the slugs have a different one ! X

 

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