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Doing what the big guys do
Even at five weeks old, baby chicks are doing what chickens do - taking a sand bath! ChiChi had her first sand bath a couple of weeks ago. Whilst scratching for food (another thing she quickly picked...
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Green tip #34 : Eggs - 10 Hints & tips
1. When buying eggs, get them home and refrigerate them as soon as possible with their sharp points downwards. To reach room temperature they should be removed from the fridge about 20 minutes before...
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The Black Pirate
Watercolour in my Moleskine 200gsm Nature Journal – 12″ × 8″ This guy might be the reason for one of Solly’s other roosters only hanging out with the one hen and not associating with the rest of the...
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Working in the garden...
In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.- Truman Capote My wooden garden barrow filled with Azaleas and two Terracotta pots ready to be planted. Does...
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Vintages - Come to Tea!
"Let each and all then grateful beAnd hail a welcome guest in tea."- Samuel PepysThe pleasures of a cup of tea is known the world over. Find a comfy chair and pour yourself a spot of tea, preferably...
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Vintages & Lifestyle
If anybody visiting this blog is wondering what happened to all the 'vintage and bliss' posts, I have moved them to a new blog, which you can find HERE or click on the image below. Many of the "Green...
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Perching in my soul
Hope is a thing with feathers.That perches in the soul.And sings the tunes without the words.And never stops at all.- Verse from Emily Dickinson poemWatercolour on Ashrad 300gsm smooth sketching paper...
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Roosters really do know what time it is
The rooster's morning cock-a-doodle-doo is driven by an internal clock, finds new research, suggesting the male chickens really know the time of day. The study, detailed on March 18 in the journal...
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A place to start
What is an egg, but a place to start,Nestled under a mother's heart?What is a nest, but a place to be,Surrounded by those whose love is free?What is a chick, but a beginning new,Fresh and sweet as the...
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Using eggs for burns
I have no idea if this actually works, will only know once I try it!"A young man sprinkling his lawn and bushes with pesticides wanted to check the contents of the barrel to see how much pesticide...
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Empty nest syndrome!
ChiChi on my desk::ChiChi slept in the coop for the first time with all the other girls last night (Sun 7th Apr 2013 - and I forgot to take a photo!) and after I let them out this morning, she followed...
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Did you know?
Eggs age more in one day at room temperature than in one week in the refrigerator. Eggs can be kept in the fridge for up to one month and about ten days at room temperature. They should be stored with...
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No broodiness allowed!
I've got 6 of my 11 hens wanting to be broody now, all at the same time, two of them for the first time, and as it is I'm only getting 2 or 3 eggs a day at the moment - change of season, moulting, new...
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Half a beauty
Artemis during his moult. Half his cape and half his beautiful tail feathers are gone, but it won’t be long before they are all replaced by healthy, more beautiful than ever, new feathers!::
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Disaster - a broken beak!
Yesterday afternoon as I went out to feed the chickens, I was surprised to see Artemis already on his roost in the coop, but didn't think all that much of it. I filled the food bowls and dished out...
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Eggs-traordinary ways with eggs
What's more perfect than an egg? These versatile packages of goodness are the magic ingredient in the kitchen. QUICK AND EASY:• Fry eggs in a little good quality olive oil for a different taste...
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Missy & Kiep
Having grown up in the house, both Missy and Kiep are quite capable of making themselves at home wherever they please. This morning I found them sitting quite happily on my wooden Leopard-inlay just...
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Autumn and Winter in S.A.
A cycle has been completed once again - Autumn has peaked, it's May, and another Winter is looming on our doorsteps. Winter 2006, as the picture above shows, was quite severe for us in South Africa, as...
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Snookums lays her first egg!
At just on 5 months old (20 weeks), Snookums rushed into my Studio shortly after I let the girls out of the coop and headed straight for Kiep's old nest box on one of my art tables. After a lot of...
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Winter Eggnog
Image credit "Fresh Eggs Daily"Here in South Africa we don't have a Thanksgiving celebration and even Christmas falls in the middle of summer, so you're probably wondering why on earth I would bother...
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