Hello and welcome to The Compost Bin. I'm Compostwoman and I live with my family in rural Herefordshire. We have nearly four acres of garden and woodland, all managed organically and to Permaculture principles, which we share with Chickens, Cats and assorted wildlife. We also grow a lot of our own food, run courses in all sorts of things and make a lot of compost!

I am a Master Composter and have spent more than a decade as a volunteer Community Compost adviser with Garden Organic and my local Council.
I'm a self employed Environmental Educator so I run workshops and events where I talk about compost, veg growing, chicken keeping, cooking, preserving and sustainable living. I also run crafts workshops and Forest School/outdoor play sessions in our wood.

We try to live a more self sufficient lifestyle here, as best we can, while still having a comfortable life and lots of fun.


To learn more about us click on the About Compostwoman tab and remember to click on the photos to make them full size!


Monday 20 May 2013

My henny helpers


 Whenever I step outside during the day I am greeted by this...



When I go out to hang out some washing I am followed...


In fact wherever I go, I am followed! I have constant companions now, either Cassie Cat, or my friendly, feathery hens.



At the moment I am keeping the Ginger Gang seperated from the New Girls - I am still treating the Ginger Girls for lice and I do not want the lice to hop over onto the New Girls!


So I let the Ginger Gang out mid morning and then after lunch I shout...and they all come running.


A treat of some corn gets them inside their walk in run. This is the run I am cleaning out every day and dusting with Diatonaceous earth powder so as to kill off any lice on any dropped feathers. I have also dug out a dust bowl  for the hens in the ground. They love it :-)


 When they have eaten their fill it is sleepy time. One by one, they go over into a patch of sunshine,



And settle down on the ground for a well deserved snooze.


All together, in a huddle of ginger feathers. And slowly, their eyelids droop and they doze off.


And snore!

6 comments:

  1. oooh Happy Hens! Last year we had a real problem with mites. It is so uncomfortable for them isn't it? you really are making a brilliant concerted effort to keep your hens well.
    Gill

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    1. I hope so! I have never had such a bad infestation on mt hens before.

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  2. Just precious! Gosh, I just love chickens. I could sit amongst them all day.

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  3. Your shadows...perfect friends. :)

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    1. Apart from when they get inside the polytunnel and eat all my seedling salads grr!

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