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Written by Stephen Baines
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Monday, 18 September 2006 |
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It's been a few weeks since I wrote last. The last time I wrote our chicks were just starting to hatch. Well, they are now just under 2 weeks old and growing into big strong girls and boys (we hope!) and developing real characters. The Blommehöns are settling in well, and we are now trying to hatch some of their eggs to further boost the numbers. I guess this egg hatching malarky is going to get quite addictive...  <img src="http://gallery.vollans.co.uk/d/11010-2/PICT3179.JPG" alt="2 week old chicks" />
Now that we've seen where stuff grows, the way the land lies and where the areas are wettest etc, we're changing what we're planning to put where. No big deal, really, but we think it's really important to go with the land rather than against it. We've also been asked about selling half-a-lamb or half-a-pig deals in advance in the spring time - not a bad idea, and one we are seriously considering.
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Written by Stephen Baines
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Thursday, 07 September 2006 |
After Osama Bin Laden tried his best to disrupt our plans, I'm happy to report that we have managed to be reasonably successful at hatching out some chicks.
On Monday night the first of the terrors started to break through.
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Written by Stephen Baines
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Sunday, 03 September 2006 |
We've had a very busy few days!
Yesterday was a very important day for us in Sweden - it saw the arrival of our first "proper" animals to the farm. Nigel had spent a long time trying to find some regional breeds, and finding someone who was prepared to spend time talking to us and help us. Eventually a very nice couple in Orup (about 20 minutes or so away if you don't get lost) who are doing a very similar thing to what we are trying to do, had some Blommehöns spare as he was reducing numbers for the winter. Result, we got 4 hens and a cockerel for free. There are some pics of the new arrivals at http://gallery.vollans.co.uk/v/chickens/Blommehons/
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Written by Stephen Baines
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Wednesday, 23 August 2006 |
After last week Nigel getting his cast of, and us failing in our desperate attempts to catch crayfish (more on that anon hopefully when we've actually caught some or given up and bought a box of frozen ones), yesterday was a really quite important day for us in Sweden. Yesterday we went to our first Swedish for Immigrants lesson.
After a while of trying to find out information, hampered mainly by the fact that all the information on how to get information on the courses, enrol, etc was all in Swedish (chicken and egg springs to mind), we got a call on Monday afternoon to say that the course started Tuesday evening and we could attend. Nigel asked where it is "you can't miss is, everyone knows where it is", yes but where is it? "everyone in Eslöv knows where it is!". With that helpful information, and that it was behind a gymansium, we set off in the expectation of probably having to give up and raid the ICA or System Bolaget insttead.
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Written by Stephen Baines
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Thursday, 17 August 2006 |
It's a little over a week since I wrote from Slough, and what a difference a day made.
The following morning all hell broke loose at Heathrow Airport - I woke up, put on the news, and thought it was some sort of cruel joke. Later that day I was meeting a friend to collect to hatching eggs to bring back to Sweden with me, and no way would they be surviving being thrown around by baggage handlers. The flight home looked dodgy anyway, and alternative solutions were thought of; the night ferry from Newcastle to Goteborg was mooted, and finally I settled on booking the Eurostar to Brussels, and then a flight from there where I could take them on as hand luggage. The following day the flight I'd already booked looked a tad more normal, and I had a dilemma, work crated up the eggs for me (in a real proper full size crate!), packed them really well, attached handling checking tags on and shipped them home for me, whilst I took the flight with SAS from Heathrow to Copenhagen.
The eggs arrived Monday morning seemingly safe and well. We'll know for definite in three weeks time, as they are now in the incubator.
Today is going to be a busy and possibly stressful day. Firstly, we have our Swedish ID cards to collect in Lund, then Nigel is off to the hospital for a check on his leg and hopefully have the cast removed.
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