April - Chickens

At last hubbie finally agreed to us having chickens and he graciously set to work to find a coop while I sorted fencing off the garden.  Lots of friends later.....we have a coop, fence and homemade gate.  We welcomed a friends three chickens who needed rehousing as she jets off to Spain.

 Proud of their hard work.

 And then they arrived.  Gracie chose the lead hen and named her Apple, James has named his one-eyed hen 'Pirate' and Evie called hers 'Rosie'.  Happy Days.

Monday 31st March

We had the blessing of joining a Home Ed Visit to Rushall Organic Farm near Newbury.  A member of staff gave us a tour of the farm.
We looked at  Livestock - sheep, cows, donkeys, goats, pigs, chickens and turkeys.
                      Crops - wheat fields, barley and corn.
                      Machinary - combine harvester, tractors and other machines.
                      Lambing.

 James, Gracie and Evie all stroked and fed the turkeys and the cockerel.

 Evie's favourite animal - the humble cow and her calf.

 Really couldn't understand why my children would want to stroke her scaly hairy skin, but they did nonetheless.

 We were priviledged enough to watch a lamb being born, all yellow and lifeless, then licked to life by it's mum. So sweet.

 Even more blessings as we each got to hold a little newish born lamb.

 Evie in front of the wheat field and sowing her own few little wheat seeds.

James at the wheel of the combine harvester.  Fortunately the handbrake was on. 


It was such a fabulous finale to our farming topic. During the day most aspects of farming were touched on in some way.  It was wonderful.