Windy hill chickens - first flock(s) of my own

[kattabelly]

I know people who take breaks abroad in that time!

Do you need good sea legs too? I imagine that wind you talk of can have quite an effect on the seas round there.

Some people struggle but I've always been alright and they cancel the boat if it's really bad. That's just something you plan for here and it's usually fine - no one is in that much of a rush.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Some people struggle but I've always been alright and they cancel the boat if it's really bad. That's just something you plan for here and it's usually fine - no one is in that much of a rush.

Island life!

Several years ago we spent an unexpected extra three days on Ocracoke Island NC over Easter when gale-force winds halted all the ferry service.

(I loved it.)

 

[kattabelly]

That's both Sussex pullets laying now at just over 21 weeks old. Yellow Legs (egg on the right) laid her first double yolker yesterday too.
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I was wrong, the egg on the left is from one of Hylines. Caught her in the act today when I heard her screeching at Yellow Legs (who's twice as big and wouldn't tolerate that in many other situations) to wait her turn for the current favourite nest.

Found two shell-less eggs under a roost which I think might be from the other Sussex pullet. One still warm, which at nearly 2pm suggests she's actually getting up on the roost to lay At least this hopefully means she's not started a secret nest somewhere though - I was getting suspicious since she's redder in the face than all my confirmed layers. I'll try to hang around tomorrow to work out who the wonky layer is and listen out for anyone emerging from a hidden nest.