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Trying to dig in the hen run. Sometimes our hens are just too
tame!
Happy chickens: stealing worms from the compost!
Our 24 hens free-range as far as possible while protecting our
vegetables - we let them range further in the afternoon when the have
finished laying for the day. We feed them on leftovers mixed with bran and a small
quantity of corn (sweepings and weed seeds from a friendly farm) They
are currently laying six or seven eggs a day (November 2009) |
2009: A difficult spring this year with 4 out of a
total of 7 queens not laying and needing to be replaced. We
have come to the end of 2009 season with 12 viable colonies - not a
bad season; lots of calls about bees via the local council though
many of there were from people worried about nests of bumble bees.
We try and re-assure people about bumble bees and persuade them to
leave them be but sometimes have to collect the nest and move them
to a better spot.
Page about collecting a
swarm of bees
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