Baby Chicks!

We have had some new arrivals into our little family. Two just hatched baby chicks, one of them unfortunately is a rooster and we can't keep him. But we get to keep a tiny, little baby hen who we are naming Chicken Little, nickname Little.


She will grow up as a free- range hen with Dave, Nugget, Margery, and Mrs Clucklesworth. At the moment she is only a few days old, but in the space of 10 minutes she was extremely fluffy, with the cutest little wings ever!

The rooster looked like a drowned rat when it was born, but like Little it soon fluffed up. Rooster is going to a good home, with my Mum's friend who's husband is a farmer. They will take good care of him, and let him grow up free- range and hopefully very happy just like Little.

It's still very much early days but they are growing up and waddling around for food and water- but they spend most of their time in the warmth underneath Margery and Clucks; who are looking after them.

Happy Baking xx Beth

Some Very Fresh Eggs

Now you all know from a few posts ago that i have some lovely hens in my backgarden. I have gained two more chickens! Their names are Margery and Mrs Clucklesworth. They are two gold top hens, which are about half the size of Dave and Nugget, but are adorable.

 
We have had some eggs! We don't quite know who has been laying but almost every day now we will find an egg in their little hutch. We have recieved about 10 eggs so far, next time I bake I will bake with fresh chicken eggs, straight from my backgarden! We are still trying to figure out who is the mysterious egg layer, or they have all been laying. We haven't got a clue!

 Mum and Dad both think it might be the little hens, because they are newer and were ready to lay when we got them. But we will have to wait and see...

Happy Baking, Beth xx

The New Additions To The Family

We have got two gorgeous chickens, Dave and Nugget. The girls will soon be giving us fresh free range eggs, which I'll be using when I bake.

Dave is the blonde one and Nugget is my beautiful ginger chicken. We may get two more at the end of September called Mrs Clucklesworth and Margery. They will be providing us with around 1000 eggs a year, plenty for baking! They are very healthy and happy chickens who love living with us.

Happy baking x