Tag Archives: hens

Do Hens Make A Farmer’s Wife Then?

8th July 2014 by Lorna
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I do love watching the hens strut around the yard. We have foxes in the fields around us so we have to be careful, the hens are let out around 5pm as there’s activity around the yard with the milking parlour going, calves been fed depending on time of year and the children running around so the noise might help to keep off any predators. They go to bed themselves so it’s just a case of checking the four of [...]

Additions to the Farm – Lambs and Hens

22nd January 2014 by Lorna
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It is a while since we last had pet sheep. When the children were small, we got a couple of pet lambs and while Henry went to the freezer, Matilda paid a visit to a ram occasionally and had three sets of lambs with us. We then sold her and two of her lambs to a farmer where she went on to have two or three more sets of triplets until she was found lying on her back on day. [...]