Raising Chickens.
Another recent hobby is hatching and keeping our own chickens.
It all started with some fertile eggs we were given, then I first built, then bought my own incubator.
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So cute when they are little!
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Then they grow up, and conspire against you!
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The Three Stooges at the kitchen window.
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Belle.
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Tilly and Bellard (Tilly was sadly killed by a fox).
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Our rooster, Chick Chick.
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My new incubator, bought on the internet.
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Our hot box, an old modified fish tank.
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Electronic control for hot box.
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(C) Jon Rothwell 2009
