Oh dear. I misjudged him terribly. The eggs were very cold when they went in the incubator so I guess they had to warm through before incubation started. So two days late a mass of chicks. Three clear, four dead in shell and 28 chicks. Their mothers are three different breeds so we’ll see how...
A whole incubator of eggs (35) and all infertile. Guess that Mottled Orpington cockerel isn’t up to the job. Oh well Exchequer Leghorns gone in so it will be a late season for hatching this year.
Traditional food here is rooted in the extreme poverty of bygone times and generally involves salt and oatmeal in various combinations. However seafood is abundant and modern freezers means it can be stored easily. So mackerel, crabs, mussels, lobsters all good and as an occasional treat...
Nope. Don’t know Shrewsbury biscuits either. I fact my knowledge of regional biscuitry is sadly lacking. But I do know that plain, unchocolated Hob-Nobs are the best dunkers in the world.
Sorry to be tedious but my health is fine apart from the normal minor problems of old age. Epilepsy controlled by drugs so alls dandy. Great skua population crashed by 90% as a result of bird flu and being top predator all else has bred very well. Of course the RSPB won’t have it that theres any...
Thank you guys. I have to admit that as I trudged through 8 inches of snow the thought crossed my mind “ what am I doing here”. But then I laugh at such pathetic wimpishness and get on with it. The guy I referred to earlier is also the island road clearer/ gritter and he’s had his time utilised...
Well that sounds sensible. I’ll do that one. Second problem is snow on the roof lights. I reckon as domesticated jungle fowl they’re used to moving about in Stygian gloom. Nevertheless it’s all due to be over on Sunday. Walking about in 8 inches of snow is very tiring.
Well far be it for me to complain but ***********
Its a white out
No weekly restocking of the shop
No island Dial a Ride van
Chicken watering hose frozen
Running out of bottled gas for heating
Sheep looking at me with a kind of ‘ are you taking the piss expression’
More of the same forcast...
Free ranging? Not been out for a month. Endless gales and driving rain. At least we have a decent sized shed to scratch around in. Our human tut tuts about us Pullets laying no eggs. You’ve gotta be joking. We’ll start around St Valentine’s Day when our mothers do. And have you seen our multi...
Castleton in Derbyshire is where I lived before moving up here. Clips on YouTube are now showing how bad the floods were there. I can only feel sorry for all the people who have lost all their furniture and houses inundated with mud. We as a society really have to face up to the effects of...