Almost there - a Guinea Fowl egg just about to hatch - I missed the actual hatching ( probably best viewed with the mute button on as the incubator fan is loud.) Faltering steps - 1st day out with the

Mock Orange Star Jasmine Pear blossom Valerian The official page of #whiteiswhite challenge: by @dmcamera

Feed Me - New hatched Swallows waiting to be fed. Autumn sunshine - washed out yellow

On the 6th September - 35 days ago I set the broody frizzle hen on 11 Guinea fowl eggs.To be honest I wasn't expecting them to be fertile as they were from a young trio of birds belonging to the lad next

From little acorns great oak trees grow - in this case from a little apple pip This photo was taken back in 1982, my eldest son picking the first apple (a cox's orange pippin) from a tree planted for him

I have previously written about encouraging wildlife onto the homestead and working with nature, but where do you draw the line? what do you do when nature and homesteading collide ? My passion and my

Carrying on from Orange chickens - a few of my white birds and just in case birds aren't classed as animals .... The official page of #whiteiswhite challenge: by @dmcamera

Today a few of my 'orange ' hens The Goldtop an excellent broody hen and mother The Indian Game - another excellent broody Frizzled Pekin - yes another good broody. It seems orange hens make excellent

As I've mentioned before, at Bellecrosshens we garden very much with wildlife in mind working with nature rather than against. As a result we have an abundance of birds, insects and animals either residing

At Bellecross Hens we very much work with nature, avoid pesticides and insecticides and plan the garden to encourage wildlife. This year we were rewarded with the success of a robin family being raised

My son's cats waiting for him to come home

I started the fermented feed and sprouted seeds experiment 4 - 5 days ago. So far so good - I think. No major disasters but it does seem slow. In the end I used just sunflower seeds rather than mixed bird

Just one photo today.The stunning blue of the iris, contrasted by the flash of yelow

The Fruit Garden - Pears

The mother hen and her brood certainly rule the roost and are top of the pecking order when it comes to treats.

Spring Flowers Mahonia Yellow Iris Kingcups Primroses Daffodils

A Sweet Chestnut tree : Devon England

It's hard to believe in just 6 weeks a chick/keet can grow at such a pace. From 18th of August to 3rd October they have gone from this ....... ....to this Although still with their foster mother - a Wyandotte

The warmth of orange

This little frizzle Pekin has been sitting tight for 26 days Just 2 days to go and hopefully she will be the proud mother of Guinea Fowl keets. We set her on 11 eggs, after candling at 10 days incubation