So happy to be a chicken lady again, some sweet young things raised on Portland have come to join us at The Raggy Rat! One conquers the appl...

This lovely lap blanket perfectly reflects the fresh colours I used for my sofa curshions, and was sent to me as a Pay-It-Forward gift ... d...

at least, not in the chicken coup!

Three fresh eggs, three different sizes ... now we have had a wind-egg before, but what's this? a dinosaur egg, me thinks! ...

I am going to make more bunting, but first, Mary had a go at decorating my pattern! But what's this in the corner? Mary said she forgot ...

Daisy has progressed from cuddling chickens on the ground, to picking up one of our black-tails... and they both seem happy with this develo...

one day we decided to have an egg guess - we have 5 chickens and they had just had a very muddy grumbly day, when we took a vote at tea time...

we have settled into a nice routine here and chez raggy-rat ... I get the chickens up before the girls, and then later on we look for eggs a...

The first time daisy took the scraps out, she threw it on the floor and ran away! Matty and Mary are also happy to come close to the birds n...

I was a bit busy today, getting to know some new pets ... This is the most forward of the chickens, a buff Orpington (one of two) who let me...

the bigger chicken is my child friendly dining room doorstop - all these 1950's self-closing hinges would trap little people - and the t...

on thursday we met lots of animals and birds, and also chris http://mygrandfathersgooseberry.wordpress.com/ arriving at jax's house with...

not really, that's just they way matty and daisy describe NEW things, they can't seem to hear that word any other way! funny how bot...

and a happy new year to all blog readers, remember i am happy to exchane blog links with you ... its one of my favorate time wasters, hoppin...