01993 868 584 Updates from the farm
Farm update — a fall in the hen house, a Telegraph mention and pumpkins for the hens
ReadThe past few weeks have been a hard grind, with a few highs and lows… It didn’t start quite so well. One Sunday morning, I decided to mend a nest box, rushed into the hen h…
Farm update — autumn hens, solar power and our new website
ReadThe hens are enjoying the cooler, autumnal weather, and it's lovely to see the fields filled with hens again. Last week, we spent several days moving them onto fresh grass, giving the areas they've been using a chance to recover. With very little grass growth over the summer, some areas had become rather bare, …
Farm update — lock the doors after Witney Feast
ReadMy understanding is that my grandfather, Ralph Tibbetts, was the first in our family to keep hens. He was a baker who made the most fantastic lardy cakes and lived all 94 years of his life in New Yatt, near Witney. He initially kept hens and pigs after the Second World War to become more self-sufficient, and I …
