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

[thistlewick]

omg the looks you're getting are AMAZING hahahahah your chickens are spectacularly gorgeous!

 

[kattabelly]

Gave someone a couple of eggs today because they happened to be in my pocket and he asked how many I'm getting and do I have enough spare to sell some at the little shop where he lives. I don't, but it was interesting talking through a few pie in the sky possibilities both in terms of the practicalities and working out what I'd be comfortable with (I could never run a big barn of production hybrids that technically have access to just enough outdoor space to meet free range standards, for example).

Little Shets are still refusing to grow anything that looks like male saddle feathers but I don't quite believe I've managed to hatch six pullets and no cockerels, so not sure yet how many eggs I'll be expecting to get from them when they start laying.

Brambles started ripening a week or two back here and now the seasons have definitely turned. The wind today felt like a reminder that winter's on its way.

 

[Perris]

In case you are not aware of it, to sell to 3rd parties via a shop, you need to be registered as or to use a registered packer. (I think those laws apply to Scotland as well as to England and Wales.)