It seems to be a day for updates so one about the hens:
They have been laying wonderfully well over the past few months. 6 eggs a day from 7 hens
Seventh hen, Claudia, expired last Thursday
Doris has gone broody - again. She sits in the nesting box and squawks at the other hens, and us. If you open the box lid she puffs up her feathers and acts in her " leave me alone" way
Our little visitor at the weekend loved the hens. He tried scrambled eggs for the first time with bagels and enjoyed
The surfeit of eggs prompted a baking frenzy - Nigel Slater's Lemon and Thyme cake recipe can be recommended
Rhubarb from next door's garden makes wonderful muffins
The strawberries have done incredibly well this year and strawberry and chocolate muffins used up even more eggs
Garfunkel still seems to be being pecked by the others but does not seem unhappy and is still laying her large white eggs.
The second hen house needs some repairs so this promised heat wave should provide a dry few days to get the work done.
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