Recent content by My Pretty Pekins

Yeah, anyone interested in resurrecting it a bit? I might not be able to be on all that often but I'm still up for it if anyone else is...

And I also have a story that's worth sharing... let's call it Houdiniette And Her Apprentices So I've mentioned before that Pecan is possibly the most mischievous chicken we've ever had. Well, something happened recently to prove that. Recently, we built a little passageway leading from the...

Okay wow has it been an age or has it just been an age? We downsized the flock a little over winter and are hoping for some hatches this year! So the current coop population is: In the main coop- - Eden, our Copper Blue Maran - a very friendly girl who mothers our Pekins even though they're...

Hey... yes, definitely. Still working through exams, the June mocks have come around now and that's all fun. Especially as I've just been told I'm not taking three exams, it's SIX for science!! 🤣

*cough* What with exam week... that turned into three weeks... and has ended with me finding out I'm not sitting 3 Science exams, it's SIX (!?!)... it's been hectic around here for ages! But as always, the chickens have just been going about achieving their aims in life: Trista: Go broody at...

Hello all! I'm contemplating getting some Silkies and wanted to know: just how susceptible really are they to Marek's and other diseases? I don't want to end up having to stop keeping chickens if one of the Silkies infects the entire flock or something - and figured that this was a good place to...

And here's the latest episode from the coop - a rundown on everyone's attitude to laying, by order of age. Trista: I'm such a sweet old girl that I won't get annoyed if you want to share my nextbox. But please be quiet, otherwise I will get very angry. Tansy: I don't ask for the nestbox very...

Thank you! I write a lot - it comes far more naturally than speaking.

Thank you! I know, I'm so lucky to have them all!

(sorry y'all, taking a break until Weds as I have a ton of exams. BYC just can't fit into my schedule RN.)

"I don't know either. I feel like we're grinding to a halt and I want to do something about it," Alina admitted.

Alina shrugged. "Dad tends to be fond of toast. There're some hardboiled eggs in the fridge and if I know him he'll just smoosh that up with avocado and put that on it. I generally go with the same, but there's cheese and stuff if you prefer that." She followed Tara down the stairs. "He'll be...

"Good," Alina smiled