| The Relaxed Poultry Flock |
| Ours is a mixed flock of chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese - all are kept for eggs and/or entertainment and all live together in our stable with a huge paddock for free-ranging in. The reality of their free-range life however is the fact that a great many of our birds simply come out of the stables in the morning, walk, waddle or fly over the barn and then spend the day carefully raking through all the goat bedding looking for tasty morsels!! And the second reality is the daily egg hunt because very few will lay in the provided nest boxes!!! Many a half hour or more is lost each day risking all as we climb straw stacks, peer under pallets and rummage through hay racks to find our evening supper!!! Breeds kept include: Indian Game, Maran, Legbar, Leghorn, Bluebells, Sussex, Lohmans and various crosses (chickens); Muscovy, Runner and Rouen (ducks); Bronze, Black. PIed and Bronze crosses (turkeys) and a couple of West of England Ganders. We try hard not to hatch anymore (!!) but might occasionally in order to ensure eggs all year round (if possible). The poultry provide hours of entertainment, occasional worry (apropos foxes) and thanks to a light, airy stable; hard standing and lots of grass; workload really isn't too bad. They also do a great job of turning and aerating our compost heap as well as adding to it on a daily basis!! |
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