Probably because they seem like a good idea until you try to get them out of the oven with a hot baked something in them. Wobbly as all get out apparently!
Thank you, I think she’s very pretty too.
Well as the main reason for the freezer block was to cool her down I would say that worked. However a couple of days at the beginning of her sit didn’t put her off and she’s still broody so it didn’t work as a broody breaker. Afraid I wimped out after 2...
Millie the Pekin has been panting through the UK ‘heatwave’ then decided that 30+ c would be a good time to go broody! Put a well wrapped freezer block in her nest and a cordless fan and she just tried brooding the freezer block! Guess it cooled her down a bit. Bless her she is a serial broody...
Much as I would love Fret to pull through I completely trust your judgement. Fret obviously is an unhappy hen and, as she was bought by C then it is for them to decide.
Fret was named, loved, got to be a proper chicken as much as has been possible under your care including raising chicks and...
Excellent article with great pictures, Perris.
Love a good hedge - I would say they can’t be beaten, however many of the older ones that form parish boundaries still are - if interested in this British eccentricity see https://heritagehunter.co.uk/beating-the-bounds/. I think the oldest UK hedge...