Fly High Cowslip
Today we lost Cowslip. She was one of the 11 hens that became ‘The Petunias’ that were re-homed in August 2017 and had over 290 days with us. Cowslip arrived very feather-bare but she soon grew her feathers back though and transformed to a beautiful golden brown hen and settled with the flock, enjoying open […]
Cowslip and Larkspur’s Trip to the Vet
A trip to the vet today for Cowslip and Larkspur; Larkspur has had a few quiet moments the last few weeks but has always recovered after medication and Cowslip has been declining slowly for several weeks and not responded to recent medication. Larkspur is very poorly and has a bad infection and several ‘lumps and […]
The Petunias 6 Month Henniversary
Having re-homed several groups of hens last summer we’re now enjoying henniversary parties every few weeks! This time it’s The Petunias turn to celebrate as they mark 6 months with us. These were a group of 11 hens re-homed in August 2017, and sadly whilst Clover is no longer with us the rest of the […]
Welcome to The Petunias
At the BHWT re-homing today unfortunately there were 3 hens with prolapses that we took to one side and treated – by cleaning the hen and then Sarah with a medical glove on and Sudocrem on her finger, carefully pushed things back to where they should be. We put these hens in our crate by […]