All the shows I mentioned in my last blog have of course been cancelled due to Covid 19. Let’s all hope life will return to normal in the not too distant future. Certainly, none of us have experienced anything quite like this before and I sincerely hope we won’t have to again. Both Clive and …
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It is a long time since I have updated my blogs, for which I apologise, but quite a lot has been going on! Clive wasn’t well and ended up having a major operation which spurred us on to the idea of downsizing. Having lived on our smallholding in Oxfordshire for nearly 30 years, the whole …
Read More →As I write this we are approaching mid February, and we appear to be still gripped by freezing weather, gales, the odd snow shower and a lot of mud!! The poultry are actually looking quite good. Of course this is towards the end of the showing season so they tend to look their best now. …
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I can’t believe I haven’t written a blog since August and we’re now in October. Many apologies – so busy getting stock ready for Christmas and visiting trade fairs, as well as taking a four day little holiday in Venice, which was fantastic. The summer shows, particularly Countryfile Live, were a great success for both …
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July has been a very busy month, not least because I have been thinking of new jewellery designs and sourcing new gift ideas for Christmas. My brand new little chick stud earrings are now on the website and are proving very popular. Next week I am off to Countryfile Live to join Jamie Toms of …
Read More →Well this has been a very busy month. I have been hatching out lots of chicks and along with Poultry Talk, The British Hen Welfare Trust, and representatives from Unipet and Dengie, we had a fantastic display at Gardeners World Live. I took with me adult birds for the general display. The breeds represented were …
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I have been waiting a little while to write this blog as those of us who show and exhibit our poultry were waiting with bated breath for the 15th May when the rules were to be relaxed regarding “poultry gatherings” as DEFRA will insist on calling them. A few days before the ban was to …
Read More →The best thing to have happened in the last few weeks has been the release of free range poultry back on to the grass where they belong. After having been shut in and confined for 3 months, mine were delighted to be scratching about and enjoying the freedom again. The geese loved being outdoors splashing …
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Well, if we are not hearing about humans being ill with the usual dreaded Winter lergy, all poultry keepers certainly know about the present Avian Flu outbreaks. Domestic poultry flocks have to be kept undercover at the moment with no access to wild birds. It is the annual migration of wild birds from Europe which …
Read More →I’ve had an extremely busy last six weeks out and about with the jewellery. I started off with two Open Days at home, and invited everyone I could think of, and you came!! I then went on to The National Poultry Show in mid November, which was very successful and many of you were very …
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