'Best in Show'

I have Charlie and his Chicken, Winter and Fudge in an art exhibition in my local Museum! All three are still available from the exhibition or me. Their photos are below with further details about the exhibition and 'Best in Show'.

Charlie & his ChickenWinter

Fudge

The exhibition by Atelier East is on until 18 Setpember.

A 'Best in Show is being held, where you can vote for your favourite piece of art, my Winter, Charlie and his Chicken and Fudge included!

To cast your vote click HERE You will find Winter etc right at the bottom just before you get to the box to cast your vote.

I'd be over the moon if you decide to vote and if you do, thank you, it's very much appreciated!

Hugs, Sarah x

Chick pics!

Here, as promised is the cute little bundle! She will be 3 weeks old next Sunday! Look how much those wings have developed!

I'm saying 'She', as that is what we are hoping for! You would never think something so small could make so much noise! Hardly ever stops cheeping!

It would be really hard to part with something we've had from an egg! If 'She' turns out to be a cockerel, we all know how cockerels love to cock-a-doodle-doo! Me, I wouldn't mind at all, but not too sure what the neighbours would think!

She is an lavender Araucana. Lays lovely blue eggs! Kitty her adoptive Mum, lays blue eggs too, but she is a hybrid, not a pure breed. It's all very technical, so I won't bore you with it!

Fingers crossed, everyone for a hen!


Thank you so very much everyone for your comments regarding my health. I'm ok and slowly feeling better.

Above are the beautiful flowers my sister brought me down and my Get Well cards. Really does warm the cockles of my heart.

Hugs, Sarah x

Pleased to be home!

My partner Robert had to make a 999 call for me Friday. Scary times! BUT the silver lining is that an operation I was needing to have was brought forward maybe 6 weeks or more. I must say that all the nurses and doctors were lovely and the wards were cleaned every day - vacuumed, mopped, tables cleaned.

As Dorothy said 'theres no place like home'! I woke up this morning in my own bed thinking it had all been a dream! Then I worried that I was dreaming I was back home! I lay in bed in semi darkness studying the room to make sure I wasn't waking up at any moment!

Anyway, without going into all the gory details that the operation entailed, I'm doing ok. Still slightly woozy and on painkillers and TRYING not to overdo it. Although there isn't a lot I can do at the moment!

I will post news of our adorable little chick at some point!

Hugs, Sarah x

When its too hot...........

Just relaaaaaaaax!

Feathered Friends!

Lot's of birdy goings on lately. Here is Dotty on our ladder. I popped her up there and stood watching her, trying to make out what she was thinking. I've decided it was either, 'How did I get up HERE', or 'Wow, look at the view!'. The other hens had a try, but it was Dotty who stayed for a fair while.

Kitty our blue egg layer has gone broody! She's a hybrid and it's very rare for them to go broody. She's decided that she doesn't care about the rules and wants to hatch some eggs NOW. She had a go trying to hatch out our other hens eggs and considering we don't have a cockeral, she'd have been sat on them until the cows came home with no result whatsoever. A friend of a friend had some guinea fowl eggs they wanted to hatch, so that's what she's sat on now. She's fiercely protective of those eggs. I have the wounds to prove it.

Look what my Other Half discovered while cutting our hedge! Blackbird eggs! The parents were none too clever and made the nest perched right on top of the hedge. Obviously they wanted their new babies to have a nice view when they popped out.

So, that's my news!

For those of you in the UK enjoying the hot weather, remember the sunscreen. Burnt to a crisp is not a good look.

Hugs, Sarah x

Hidey Hole!

Tippi, one of our hens went briefly missing. I looked everywhere. Or so I thought. She appeared climbing over all the plants to the side of the greenhouse. I thought I would inspect what she had been up to. Nine eggs is what I found! All of them hers! She had certainly made herself a nice comfy place to lay. Obviously a choice of four nice comfy nestboxes for nine days or so wasn't to her high standards!

They were all still good enough to eat, after checking with the water buoyancy test, but we still saved them for ourselves! Very nice too!


Here's the lady herself when she was a bit younger. She has her full comb and wattles now!

Chickens = A constant source of amusement!

Hugs, Sarah x

Honey on ebay!

Honey pictured above is now available on ebay.com. He has a 7 day listing which will end next Sunday at 7pm (UK time).

He's a lovely little chap made from a yummy dense plush.

Pop along to his listing HERE

It's been glorious weather here in the UK. Hope it's lovely with you all too!

Hugs, Sarah x