Long story short - we were caught by the chicken bug. We went to see a breeder about some Gold-laced Wyandottes (look them up, they're simply gorgeous) and came away having agreed a deal to become a satellite breeder. We'll be hatching rare and endangered traditional breeds of poultry for which demand outstrips supply.
So, preparations are in hand. This is the first hen palace that will house four breeding pairs. It's actually a repurposed garage that someone just wanted gone. It cost a van hire and a couple of hours graft to dismantle it and bring it home, and that's when the real work started.
It was built from scratch on a concrete base, so I took it apart with a sawzall. After adding framing and tidying the cuts, I built a timber base. That was easy, but the site is on a 10° gradient, so levelling it was... interesting.
As we were blessed with a few days of high pressure and zero wind, we've been flat out before the weather turned on us. Bailey helped keep the roofing felt down while I cut it. Now it's up, the roof is on & and it's covered in creosote, which defeats red mites. Now I can start on framing the indoor runs, which will mean we can accept the birds. We'll add larger outdoor runs too, and then we'll start on the next henhouse because we don't do anything by half.
Altamont + HenHouse Hella Stoked! IPA (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 4 of 4. Really nice red body and quite full of citrus, tropical fruit, and lots of candy-like fruit notes in the nose. Had this a little late (it’s an Autumn IPA and I had it in January), but it still works out really well. The body has some heft to it but still is nice and light on the palate and drinks very easily -- almost feels like something one might call a red IPA.
I had this idea to turn a child’s play house into a hen house 🤔 it will have to be elevated off the ground, not sure how it’s all gonna work out because they need nesting boxes and I need an easy way to retrieve the eggs without having to crawl into the house because I’m not doing that 😆.
Fraud Busts Net £19m Cash Seized, over 400 Arrests in Operation Henhouse 3 national campaign
A month-long nationwide crackdown on fraud, led by the City of London Police, resulted in over 400 arrests and millions of pounds recovered.
The intensive efforts from police forces across England, Wales and Scotland, Operation Henhouse, marks a major success in the fight against fraudulent activity and was funded by the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC).
27 arrests were made by Norfolk…
Thought you didn't want me
I wasn't worth your time
Thought you didn't want me
I wasn't worth your time
So why'd you reach your hand out to me?
Haven't talked or seen you lately
Was I just a risk you couldn't take?
Does it rid you with unease
To let me in and let me eat
'Cause I'll be grabbing fistfuls of your cake