Tag Archives: chickens
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Bonzo’s stressful few days
25Sunday 01 May, 2016 by Uncle Spike
This is Bonzo. He’s our farm dog, security guard, alarm clock, waste disposal system, and all round entertainer of visitors (albeit …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Gathering (IV)
4Wednesday 23 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s final entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge is one taken here on the farm – a gathering of small …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid (II)
Leave a commentSaturday 19 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s second entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is me taking a look at some of our chooks through the …
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SPIKE WRITES: “My first review sucked!”
Leave a commentThursday 03 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Gill McGrath:
Follow the regular guest spot from Uncle Spike’s Farm in Turkey! Here is the latest… (episode… -
Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy (I)
10Saturday 15 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
How about a creepy poo-bug?? This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is a Mole Cricket, or Gryllotalpa …
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SPIKE WRITES: “Gettin’ the hang of it!”
5Friday 31 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Gill McGrath:
….. Yes it’s Brian the talking Rooster from Uncle Spike’s Farm again. Brian is the regular monthly… -
Hungry chooks
4Tuesday 07 July, 2015 by Uncle Spike
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SPIKE WRITES: The life of Brian at Uncle Spike’s Farm….
Leave a commentTuesday 30 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Gill McGrath:
The Talking Bird from Turkey is: ‘Gettin’ the hang of it!…..’ catch up here with everything or… -
SPIKE WRITES: Meet Brian !
2Saturday 30 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Gill McGrath:
….with the latest Rooster News. Brian is the new talking bird….all the way from Uncle Spike’s… -
Rooster ups n downs
9Saturday 23 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
The ongoing saga of the daytime fox continues. All farms have lost chickens on a daily basis, albeit she does …
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Ten images of late springtime…
16Saturday 09 May, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Springtime is a time of big changes and long hours of hard work. In the orchards it has been a …
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Macro Monday: Baby plums
14Monday 20 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
My posting for Macro Monday. Hope you all like it 🙂 . . The plum trees are one of the …
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SPIKE WRITES: Its all change! It’s Spring!
Leave a commentTuesday 24 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Gill McGrath:
THE STORY SO FAR: Always second to Pablo the King, Duke the Rooster is learning to… -
Midday Fox Visitation
18Sunday 22 March, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Foxes are just part of rural life, and on a regular basis we all lose chickens to feed the babes …
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Rooster in the Rosebed
6Tuesday 06 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Year round, the rose-beds are a favourite dust bath venue for the roosters and their gals! . Even in mid …
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SPIKE WRITES: “It’s me again Aunty Gill”
2Sunday 28 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Originally posted on Gill McGrath:
Hi Duke the Rooster! Thank you for coming again. Hi People! Yes Duke has arrived again and… -
Fluffy Squeaky Things
16Monday 03 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
We only had one hen ‘sit’ this year, but it was her first year and first attempt, and as is …
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Not Just Yet Son!
7Wednesday 10 September, 2014 by Uncle Spike
After the demise of Nigel, young Duke-Cock-a-Locky assumed the position of Number Two rooster, second only to Pablo, the resident …
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Happy Chooks Lay Eggs
19Thursday 08 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It’s a pretty well known fact that happy chickens lay eggs. I’m not saying slightly depressed chickens stick a cork …
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Wherever I Go, They Follow
16Sunday 04 May, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Doesn’t seem to matter what my work is, my little followers are never far behind. . All but a couple …
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The Short Life of Mr Poo-Bug
17Saturday 12 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Usual farm life this past few days… shifting a tonne of cow poo to the open fertiliser depots for use …
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Cow Poo = Happy Chooks!
18Thursday 10 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It’s a simple enough concept, but still fun to watch. Within 2 minutes and 28 seconds of dumping a trailer load …
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Squatters In The Chook-house
20Thursday 27 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
We have a small chook-house on the farm, or a hen-house, or a chicken-hut… call it what you will. Current …
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I Don’t Feel Like A ‘Jimmy’
10Saturday 01 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Hello, I’m Jimmy 🙂 Well, at least that’s what Uncle Spike (our boss-dad) calls me. I dunno why he called …
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Oranges & Chickens
6Friday 21 February, 2014 by Uncle Spike
It’s a sort of changeover season around the farm. The winter crops of Clementines are all finished. It was a …
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Rooster That Lay Eggs??
3Sunday 26 January, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Went it rains here, it pours… we may be one of the hottest places in Turkey during summer, but we …
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…And They Always Follow…
9Monday 20 January, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Working the garden this month. Every day I am digging. Every day I am chopping. Every day I am clearing. …
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My Chickens Are Plain Stoopid
19Saturday 07 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
In the movies, chickens their lay big brown spotlessly clean eggs at dawn in nice fluffy boxes of hay. Yeah …
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Nigel, Bonzo And One Foxy Lady
5Saturday 09 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
It was 03:22 one night when Uncle Spike’s brain became fully concious to a racket going on outside our bedroom …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit
15Friday 08 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
For my entry to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit, I have selected a few images that sum up my most habitual …
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