Our Hens

1.2.04 - Well, after moving into Ledbury from a farm nearly 10 years ago - we have always thought about some hens in our large garden.

My wife Melanie wanted to keep her own Point of Lay Light Sussex, a useful utility breed - and NFPLedbury had to produce a poultry house to suit a very discerning client.

The house and pullets are now in place, and we will be bringing you news and updates on their and our progress. As you can see, they are young birds, just starting to get their red combs and come into lay.

We have some plans for these chickens -possibly they will become LIVE on the internet - but we will let you know.

At the moment, they are getting used to their new home and surroundings - they have been dust bathing and eating worms together with greenstuffs.

27.2.04. Chickens in the Snow!. (pics here) The hens are settling in, and enjoying the attention. They are not perching yet, possibly because they have been floor reared. The intention is to place some lower perches for them to get used to. No eggs yet although a number of dates for the first egg have been offered! The hens have been named! The hens are getting used to the Treadle Feeder and the 2 Gallon Drinker has been hung on a chain. Equipment info here

14.3.04! Success!!!! Our first Egg - we dont know who from, but well done girls!!! Laid in the nestbox!! - talk about excitement - The egg was found at 9.30 am. Pics below!!

You can see the difference in the size and condition of the hens in the pictures

First Egg AVI (11mb)

4.4.04 - We are now up to 6 hens, and they have names: Henrietta, Thatch, Mrs Miggins, Moet, Tomasin Richie Pock and Attilla. Production has soared and we have now reached 4 eggs! - We have changed the drinker for a 3 gallon galvanised as they were drinking lots of water. The area in front of the hens has just been planted up.

We hope you come back and visit this page to see how they are doing.

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