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Witch Hazel Hens: Talented people
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A life taken over. By chickens. Tuesday, 19 May 2015. My parents dog, Bonnie, died recently. I found a photo of her last week and, on impulse, I asked the very talented Lesley Ann. To create an A4 sized painting from it. She did a fantastic job =,. My parents loved it. Posted by Witch Hazel. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Will I use my Thermomix? Callie's "Chickens on the Porch" blog. John G's "Going Gently" blog. Alexis' Chickens and Vintage stuff. Wannabe Sybils blog (non chicken). Not now, Cato!
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Witch Hazel Hens: June 2015
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A life taken over. By chickens. Tuesday, 30 June 2015. For the past few days I have carried each chick, individually, from the brooder in the shed to the Cube run. Each one carried correctly, with my finger between their front legs, legs down, bottom facing away from me. It has meant 10 trips each way, twice a day. It means sorting them out in the morning us a bit slower, and much slower in the evening. Posted by Witch Hazel. Friday, 26 June 2015. Today was the second day of educating them. It worked rea...
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Witch Hazel Hens: May 2015
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A life taken over. By chickens. Saturday, 30 May 2015. And while this was going on. DH decided to order a Grainfather. We've talked a couple of times about having a go at brewing beer from scratch. We did it once at a micro brewery, a long time ago. We didn't talk about it after that because DGS-H happened, and when Hayden happens very little else does -DH and I haven't really talked about anything over the last few days. Yesterday evening, in passing, DH mentioned that he'd ordered a Grainfather. More s...
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Witch Hazel Hens: January 2015
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A life taken over. By chickens. Wednesday, 28 January 2015. A while ago DH bought some piece of kit or other and an xy table. The combination of this enabled him to laser cut foamy stuff to make a padded inside for an air pistol case. He then made me an insert for my sewing machine feet. I had to search around to find a suitable case. I struggled a bit as, in order to find a case that could accomodate all the feet, it looked like I was going to have to get something too. Posted by Witch Hazel. I had to o...
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Witch Hazel Hens: March 2015
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A life taken over. By chickens. Monday, 30 March 2015. I've busied myself yesterdaywith lots of creative bits. I started with my first attempt at a Free Standing Lace (FSL) item. This is made using a soluble stabiliser (I used Fabri-Solvy), which is washed away when the design is complete. Turns out the hanging loop isn't in the hen's centre of gravity (I'll need to see if I can correct that, it means editing the source design), so I had to lie her down on some black stuff to photograph her. He looked at...
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Witch Hazel Hens: Cockup continues
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A life taken over. By chickens. Tuesday, 4 August 2015. We were discussing the cockup last night. I rhink i might be the Aruacana", said DH, "Ir's very upright". I had wondered that myself, but when I;ve seen pics of female araucanas, that's how they look. Very upright birds. And this one looks very different to the other one, who is definitely a boy and is now an evacuee at the allotment. (It is a boy, isn't it? It definitely looked more like a boy, even more upright. oh gosh, this could get messy).
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Witch Hazel Hens: Rash promises
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A life taken over. By chickens. Saturday, 1 August 2015. It was my friend's 60th birthday party this afternoon. After (almost) a bottle of lightweight pink wine, I rashly told her grandaughters that I would name my 2 chickens after them. Excess of alcohol is not a reason to back out of one's promises, however rashly made. So the Appenzeller will be called Larna, and the Araucana will be called Sasha.#. It could have been much worse. Posted by Witch Hazel. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). And so, to bed.
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Witch Hazel Hens: Preparation
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A life taken over. By chickens. Saturday, 1 August 2015. We're getting ready for the "All Change" tomorrow. This morning I had the bright idea of relocating Fay* (the Fayoumi) and Fleur* (the cuckoo Maran)'s Go so that it runs alongside the pen of the other chicks. I am very aware that from a biosecurity point of view this is a reckless thing to do, but as I plan to be putting Fay/Fleur in with (the as yet unnamed) Appenzeller and Araucana tomorrow, it's not going to make any difference). Next, DH remove...
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Witch Hazel Hens: Cockup
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A life taken over. By chickens. Monday, 3 August 2015. Having coffee in the kitchen this morning, DH and I were chatting. I stopped mid sentence. "Did you hear that? I said, as I heard the unmistakable kazoo again. We can't tell who it is though unless we catch them doing it. We need to get the culprit down to the allotment to be reintegrated with the Evacuees as soon as possible. We're not sure who it is. It definitely. Isn't the Marans; I don't think. It's going to "Mrs Lumpy*" all over again. Overnigh...
