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Hen Corner · 1h ago

Here Comes the Sun…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! At last we have some sunshine!  We can’t believe that the weather has turned around so quickly, but we’re not complaining. Our fruit and nuts are coming on nicely, the bees are foraging well and we have a new arrival here at Hen Corner, but first let’s watch the next [...
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Hen Corner · 2W ago

Jubilee Preparations!

Welcome back to Hen Corner! What a week!  We’re excited about hatching new chicks, we’re worried about our bees and we’re expecting another schools visit but let’s begin with another film in our series ‘Ten Top Tips for Keeping Chicks’: By subscribing (box right) you’ll never miss a thing! Cluck, cl
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Hen Corner · 4W ago

Come rain or shine…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! This week has revealed lots of green growth in the garden (all that rain!), opportunity for some inside jobs, and preparation for next month’s courses; but let’s begin with another film in our series ‘Ten Top Tips for Keeping Chicks’: By subscribing (box right) you’ll nev
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Hen Corner · 1M ago

Happy Birthday!

This week we are celebrating our 2nd Birthday! We’ve been living the country life in London, keeping chickens, growing food, etc. for several years now, but telling the story on HenCorner.com reaches its second anniversary this week. It’s been great to have so many of you ‘Join us on the Journey’, b
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Hen Corner · 1M ago

New life all around…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! This week has brought us our first schools visit to Hen Corner, some Spring planting and we successfully managed the Shook Swarm; but let’s begin with the next film in our series ‘Ten Top Tips for Keeping Chicks’: By subscribing (box right) you’ll never miss a thing! Tip
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Hen Corner · 2M ago

Of course you can…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! This week has brought us our first spears of asparagus, sore thumbs (as we’ve been making frames for a new beehive) and a lovely group of people for the first of this year’s courses; but let’s begin with the next film in our series ‘Ten Top Tips for Keeping Chicks’: [...]
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Hen Corner · 2M ago

Chicken and Chips!

Welcome back to Hen Corner! We had a fantastic surprise this week in a free delivery of wood chips for the ‘Henclosure’ and have been experimenting with a new variety of cheese using ingredients from the garden; but first here is the next film in our series ‘Ten Top Tips for Keeping Chicks’: By subs
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Hen Corner · 3M ago

The case of the missing parsnips…

Welcome back to Hen Corner! This week we have started hardening off the peas in the cold frame, choosing which breeds of chickens we’d like to hatch this Spring, and chitting our potatoes to grow in a rubble sack. Here is a reminder of last years harvest and why it’s such a great way to [...]
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Hen Corner · 3M ago

Doing Porridge?

Welcome back to Hen Corner! This week we’re giving porridge to our hens, enjoying our first bantam eggs and are pleased to be included in Olive magazine (March), but first here is Tip 3 in our series specifically looking at how easy it is to keep chickens in an urban environment. By subscribing (box
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Hen Corner · 3M ago

To Pea or not to Pea….

Welcome back to Hen Corner! This week we’re asking why only half our peas are germinating, reporting back from Chiswick House Kitchen Garden and preparing for a Shook Swarm…but first here is Tip 2 in our series specifically looking at how easy it is to keep chickens in an urban environment. By subsc
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