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Marans chicks
marans

Marans chicks

The weekend after our last post we had four little Cuckoo Marans chicks hatch out in our incubator. One of them was sadly a little too weak and didn't make it through the first 48 hours but the remaining three all appear to be healthy and are doing really well.

Matt & Gillian Mar 29, 2016 • 1 min read
ducks

Back to 'Plan A'

Looking back over our blog posts from the last month you’d be forgiven for thinking that we’ve become a bit obsessed with Aylesbury ducks. After hatching out two ducklings from our first batch of eggs we’ve been on the lookout for some more to join them – without

Matt & Gillian Jun 15, 2015 • 1 min read
ducks

Aylesbury ducklings

As if bringing pigs onto our smallholding for the first time wasn’t enough, a couple of weeks ago we also welcomed our first Aylesbury ducklings when two of the eggs in our incubator hatched out. The first duckling needed a little help to make it out of its shell

Matt & Gillian May 19, 2015 • 1 min read
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