A story about Charlie

My hens nearly got eaten by the fox today because my dad left the door on the green house open. I was very worried.

A few years ago we lost Charlie and we were very worried about her. After a few hours we started to look for her and we went to our neighbours to look around for her but they hadn't seen her. When it was getting dark there was Charlie sitting on the path. We lost Charlie for 8 hours.

An introduction to my hens

From left to right - Maple, Hazel, Ashley, Cherry and Charlie.



Ashley is the noisiest and biggest. Charlie is the lazy old hen. Cherry is the best layer. Hazel is the friendiest and naughtiest one. Maple is the smallest hen.

More funny hens

This is Cherry looking at me.



This is Hazel looking at my blog.

Funny hens

This is Hazel when I first got her.

This is sleepy Hazel in front of the fire.

This is Ashley, the biggest hen.

Hens in the garden.

Charlie like her chair in the garden.

This is Charlie later on in the year. she looks alot better now and she is laying again.

Hazel is on the patio.

This is Cherry on the dogmat sunning herself.

This is Charlie in the garden in the spring.

I haven't got many photos of Ashley as she doesn't like her photo being taken.

my weekend with my hens

On saturday I got 7 eggs from my hens. I have got a picture of the eggs and Hazel.



We may have rats. I think I saw 1 looking at me in the hen house. The hens sometimes sleep in the old greenhouse so they have moved in there for the time being. Last time we starved the rats out by not leaving any food around and blocking any hole up.

This is a photo of the hens eating their breakfast. They are in the greenhouse.


I have got a cat called Holly and she is frightened of the hens.

More photos

This is Charlie eating the sweets.


This is our old cockeral, Norman. Norman had to go to a new home because he was beaten up by Charlie.


This is Maple and Hazel when they were 14 weeks old.
Maple is on the right.

Caring for my chickens

I feed them every morning - chicken treets and water. I also give them porridge, rice, brown bread, pasta, bacon rind, lettuce and fruit. They like crisps, cream craekers, cheese and biscuits for a treet.

I collect the eggs every day.

I clean the hen house every week. The hens get fresh straw every week.
If the hens don't want to go in the hen house, there may be mites in the hen house.

We let them out after the post man comes - about 12:00 pm - and they run in the field and they scratch around for bugs. They come in by themselves and before it gets dark I check to see if they are in the hen house and shut the doors to protect them from the foxes.

some photos of my hens

Here are some pictures of my hens.


This is Cherry in the greenhouse.


This is Ashley in the garden.


This is Hazel sitting next to the dog.

My first blog about my hens

Hello, my name is Matthew and I am 12 years old and I keep hens. The picture is of Charlie who is 5 years old and she is sitting on my knee right now. I have 4 other hens and their names are Cherry, Hazel, Maple and Ashley. They are 9 months old. They are out in the fields. We have had 4 eggs today.