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Tag Archives: pullets
25.1.40
No thaw. Still & not cold. 11 eggs. (3 pullets definitely laying).
23.1.40
Evidently a little more snow in the night. Milder, but no thaw. 6 eggs. Am not counting one that was laid on the floor of the pullets’ house & was broken. There were 3 there altogether, so at any rate … Continue reading
10.1.40
Freezing very hard again. Water left outside has ice on it in only an hour or two. The pond by the church will bear my weight, but not that in the field called the Warren. The reservoir is not frozen … Continue reading
10.12.39
Sunny in the morning, overcast in the afternoon, not cold. Transplanted another root of wild rose. Transferred the 4 young pullets to the main houses. 8 eggs.
16.9.39
Chilly & misty in the morning, sunny but not too warm in the day, a shower in the afternoon. Took up & burnt the final lot of peas, & dug over that patch. Arranged to sell off the 8 March … Continue reading
16.6.39.
Heavy rain in the night, raining on & off most of the day, till about 5pm. when it cleared up. Too wet to do much out of doors. Placed strings for beans (much too low), began preparing a patch for … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged beans, Canterbury bells, cream cheese, goat's milk, grass, grit for hens, heavy rain, newspaper cutting, potatoes, pullets, recipe, strawberries, weather
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14.6.39.
Bought 8 new R.I.R.[1] pullets, 3 to 3 1/2 months old, well forward 4/6 each. Finished putting up new house, which however is not creosoted or roof-felted yet, also the door needs adjustments. The old hen guarding the first lot … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic
Tagged beans, broody hens, Eileen, goat, Kate, milk-yield, peas, pullets, Rhode island reds
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