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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...

Best wishes everyone. Mr Quackers is thawed. But in a moment of premature senility I forgot the custard.

Yeh. And less saturated fats. ???

Love it. Beats deep fried Mars bars.

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...

Yes BYM. The aging process is no fun. I recently went to a doctor at our local hospital to see if I was losing my marbles. Fortunately all was well. But can’t deny some degree of physical decline. My husband has worked like a dog on all sorts of DIY Including a camera he can access on his phone...

Very kind Icemaiden but we got off light in the far north. Up to 40mph winds and neglible rain. No weather for dawdling around outside but not anywhere like the weather they had in Aberdeen. I’m currently minding three rams for a neighbour recently bought down south. I’ve a surplus of grass and...

Marvellous. A Tennessee Warbler and a Veery have appeared. That means we‘ll be crawling with twitchers. Still, cafe will do good business.

Reel Ocean Sent Gin and Fever Tree Tonic. My favourites and the gin kept in the freezer and tonic in the fridge. No ice cubes anywhere near a G and T. A slice of cucumber is ideal but I’d run out. A couple of years ago I went to a swanky place in Lerwick and ordered one of these and it came...

So yesterday was a still, lazy Summers day. This years breeding cock is strolling about with his harem. In the growers pen a young Exchequer Leghorn cockerel is competing with him in the crowing stakes. His hatch mates - some sisters, some of my own Pullets and a lone Russian Orloff Pullet are...

Try eBay. Over the years I’ve bought many eggs from there.

Oh patronising smirk, condescending chuckle etc. To be honest I didn’t know until recently either. But I know a lot of people who do think it’s the month.

Just a saying from down south, Icemaiden. No hawthorn here so far as I know. Too much salt laden wind. Lambs coming this week. One ewe had twins but totally rejected one of her lambs. So it’s gone to a neighbour to be adopted by a ewe who’s lost her own lamb. Pity because she was a big strong...

No I don’t. Probably lives on the big island. Still winter here with no grass growth. its going to be one of those “ ne’er cast a clout til May is out” years.

Don’t know how true it is but I was told that grit consumption is based on their diet. Hens fed on layers pellets a) need little grit to grind up their food b) pellets are nutritionally complete so they don’t need extra calcium. It follows from that that hens eating grain or free ranging and...

Brambles and dog roses. Wonderful things. Not only are they a sanctuary for migrating birds but they also keep the twitchers out.