They say word of mouth is the best advertising....so they will be coming with empty egg-cartons and not pitch forks! (Still a quite vivid image!)
We live between two hamlets, the mayor of one is pro-English. The other would happily see us kicked back across the Channel. So I've a pretty good idea where those pitchforks'll be coming from...
Anyway, she does turn up with with empty cartons; we've got quite a few knocking about, the usual 6s and 12s but also some 9s and 10s but bringing her own was good.
-- Do your have ISA Browns? Weren't they invented in France?
Yes, the Institut de Selection Animale crossed RIRs and RIWs back in the 70s. I started off with four of those as they're the most common to buy at market.
Copper Black Marans are the next most usual, in some areas easier to find than ISAs. Cuckoo de France I've only seen twice at market so I always buy them on sight.
CBMs and CdFs are good layers, CdFs good sitters though can lack the maternal touch later. Our other French breeds are Dark Faverolles and Mottled Houdans, both a bit too young to breed.
Too bad about an early end to the tourist season. Agriculture/livestock is such a roll of the dice.
April and May were beautiful, June wasn't; July was average, August had a poor start but rallied until the end of last week when I thought Europe suddenly had a monsoon season!
The hens still haven't got back in laying rhythm after Friday's efforts. It's back to being nice again - I don't know about making hay while the sun shines but it's the right time to sort out those coop repairs.
Agriculture/livestock is such a roll of the dice.
The farming here is mainly livestock, cattle at that. Where I used to live, in the Vienne department, it's nearly all crops. It's far more temperate there; we're higher therefore colder and can have some pretty rough winters.
How is life in Texas, if you don't mind me asking?
