Tag: farming

The Cornish Ten Hens Update

December 17, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

I guess the most important thing to say is that all the hens made it through the night. They are looking much brighter and are starting to scratch about inside their runs. We even had three eggs this morning but that is hardly surprising as that is all they have been good for up until […]

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The Cornish Ten Hen’s Diary 1

December 16, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

Today we picked up 10 ex-battery hens from a cold and rainy yard near the village of Caharrack in Cornwall. Destined for slaughter these dishevelled looking birds are being given a second chance by the charity the British Hen Welfare Trust. The Trust put out an appeal in the West Briton newspaper asking for people […]

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My Grumpy Grandpa & his Shires

July 21, 2016.Reading time 6 minutes.

Grandpa Dale was a quiet, stern looking man who always wore a shirt, tie and waistcoat on the farm, even on the sunniest days. He was hard but never unkind and I adored him. I followed him about the farm like a puppy, getting under his feet. He always carried a roll of blackcurrant fruit […]

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