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EastHenders Episode One: “Not-So-Big-Chicken”
Sunday morning arrives quietly. A few fluffy brown feathers, tinged orange in the low morning sunlight, drift like tumbleweed across the still alleyways of Chickenland – silent reminders of the previous night’s violent encounter. Simon opens the door to the Little Hen House and … Continue reading
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EastHenders…What’s Goin’ On?
More than two months have passed since the Famous Four had their First Contact with that oh-so-Alien hen, Lonely (Henfight at the OK Corral). It has been an eventful two months, for us and for the chickens. In fact it … Continue reading
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Henfight at the OK Corral
The following day, after finally emptying the horse box of our four field gates, assorted spare fence posts and pieces of wood “that might come in handy one day”, and all the other remaining junk that we ridiculously decided to … Continue reading
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Procrastination, Plumbing and Poultry
The trouble with All the Time in the World is that it can so easily become a seed-bed for procrastination. And when one suddenly finds oneself harboured safe from the stormy shipwreck of a stressful relocation, floating free from imminent … Continue reading
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Spring chickens
Spring may still be nearly a week away, but the weather has been superb for the last three days. On Thursday, we went for lunch to Lin and Pete’s. Sitting outside in the sun, we relaxed and managed to get … Continue reading
Patience Comes to Those Who Wait
It’s quite hard to write interesting blog posts when the only thing that we seem to be doing is Waiting. We are waiting for the snow to melt, so we can go and buy another load of hay for the … Continue reading
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