hatching - Limes End Cottage

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.

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

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