Frost

On Saturday we had a proper Frost .
Bent Beak was sulking

One of Aldens Orps found a Sunny spot.

The trees are in their final colours

Our biggest SLW Roo told everyone about his apple

Peanut is still the only one of our hatchlings laying any eggs!

Perry can fly very well even with his wing clipped

Yellow Curry was on guard

Godzilla and Snowy

A trip to the National Poultry Show

On Saturday we went to the National Poultry Show
We saw an amazing variety of birds

here's a few Firstly an Apenzellar Spitzhauben Roo

A rumpless Araucana ( I think)

Ummm......

Very very Brown eggs from a good strain of Maran

Typical Brown eggs similar to those we get from our Marans

A Poland

Scots Gray roo

 Russian Orloff

 A Wyandotte roo I think

 Another one

 An Alden

 A Blue Laced Wyandotte hen

A silver Spangled Hamburgh
The green dots look like they have been stuck on they stand out so well!

A Dutch Bantam roo

a Faverole

 New Hampshire Red

A silver pencilled Wyandotte

 Top Araucana

Another Hamburgh

 A friend for Jones?

Aldens Orp's

Guess what? We went to the Auction at Oswestry Showground yesterday and we came home with a few waifs and strays. Alden bought these Orpingtons with his pocket money, a black called Onyx, a splash called Doris and two blues called Bluebell and Sooty.

 Keith rather fancied these Legbars,

 and we really went to buy some replacement Welsummers. These are really timid.

 I wanted some stripey birds and these Scots Greys were just right. They are lovely birds, quite friendly and surprisingly soft feathered.

Happy, happy, happy!

First our egg count - Chickens 21 and ducks 3.
Next some photo's of our happy birds and sheep -

The lambs and ewes having an afternoon nibble

 Mars eating the shrubbery

 One of the silver laced Wyandotte cockerels and a Vorwerk cockerel.

Ducks that float.

And there's Peanut.

Everyones happy out in the field and the orchard.

 Grrr!

 Mr T. or now we've found out it's a girl, Misty

 Here's Bubble