Ashdown Chickens

Spring is springing

Introducing turkey eggs

May 2, 2024 • 

Anita Kerwin-Nye

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February 2024

Eggs. Eggs. And poo.

Brighter days are coming.

Feb 6, 2024 • 

Anita Kerwin-Nye

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December 2023

Avoiding 'Flockdown' and plans for 2024

As we post we still have free ranging poultry. This is a delight as for the last few years the threat of Avian Flu has mean putting our birds under…

Dec 6, 2023 • 

Anita Kerwin-Nye

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November 2023

A flock in numbers

The birds are slowing down laying for winter (although the care needs are still there - just colder and wetter when feeding and cleaning out!) It is a…

Nov 2, 2023 • 

Anita Kerwin-Nye

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October 2023

[COPY] What came first - chickens or the eggs?

What came first? The chicken or the egg? Well for us the personalities and fun of the birds is the number one reason for keeping them. But of course…

Oct 26, 2023

In praise of AONBs (a what now?)

What is a protected landscape?

Oct 12, 2023

The quails would like to point out that they live here too.

Alongside chickens we have a small collection of quails. We incubate and hatch a new group each year, as well as taking in the occasional rescue.

Oct 4, 2023

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September 2023

Is it a dog or is it a Bramblebeast?

The latest Ashdown Forest creature.

Sep 27, 2023 • 

Anita Kerwin-Nye

Poultry preening

There are many things that are needed to keep poultry of any kind well.

Sep 21, 2023 • 

Anita Kerwin-Nye

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What came first - chickens or the eggs?

What came first? The chicken or the egg? Well for us the personalities and fun of the birds is the number one reason for keeping them. But of course…

Sep 13, 2023 • 

Anita Kerwin-Nye

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August 2023

In praise of AONBs (a what now?)

What is a protected landscape?

Aug 15, 2023 • 

Anita Kerwin-Nye

Walking Pace

Working on walking for all

Aug 15, 2023 • 

Matt Overd