Lee Drennen’s Hobby Farm & Garden

[Lee Drennen]

Hi Lee
A beautiful place and a beautiful time of year. When we lived in Scotland the red deer came down from the hills in winter looking for food. On a couple of occasions they came down the road and in through the front gate.
Jim

Thanks Jim. We never had so many deer here in 25 years I’ve been here it’s very peaceful to watch them. I bet it was a beautiful site for you too

 

[Lee Drennen]

Bought some Baby Chicks the other day. The light colored ones are Sapphire Gems and Reddish ones are Rhode Island Reds.

 

[Mini Me]

Healthy looking bunch of little "clucks" there Lee!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Good looking brood Lee. Love baby chuckles like that. We always get ours full sized as ex battery hens and let them free range around the garden most days. Mind you, they don’t look this good when we first get them!

 

[Jim R]

We had ex-battery hens. They do look sorry little souls when you first get them but it's amazing how quickly they blossom given free range conditions.
Jim

 

[Tim Marlow]

They do don’t they Jim. The big girl, second from the right, was virtually bald when we got her. She looked very like a plucked oven ready bird on legs. Unfortunately ex bats don’t really live that long because battery life basically eggs them to death. She died a few weeks ago, but had a great life with us for her last eighteen months. Great way to keep the garden pests down as well.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Healthy looking bunch of little "clucks" there Lee!

Thanks

 

[Lee Drennen]

Good looking brood Lee. Love baby chuckles like that. We always get ours full sized as ex battery hens and let them free range around the garden most days. Mind you, they don’t look this good when we first get them!
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Nice looking lady there Tim great pic of them

 

[Lee Drennen]

We had ex-battery hens. They do look sorry little souls when you first get them but it's amazing how quickly they blossom given free range conditions.
Jim

I’ve never had any like that always raised my own from babies or hatch them. Jim I’m going to try free range this year using a Chicken Tractor I’m working on. I’ll post pics of it later.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Here’s some pics of the Chicken Tractor I’m working on. The Winter Wheat is really growing good.

 

[JR]

They do don’t they Jim. The big girl, second from the right, was virtually bald when we got her. She looked very like a plucked oven ready bird on legs. Unfortunately ex bats don’t really live that long because battery life basically eggs them to death. She died a few weeks ago, but had a great life with us for her last eighteen months. Great way to keep the garden pests down as well.

That's a lovely way for them to end a like of hell Tim, good for you and Jim .

Excuse us please Lee.
thank you for the name of the tree. Just checked it out on Wiki.
Pyrus calleryana, or the Callery pear, is a species of pear tree native to China and Vietnam,[2] in the family Rosaceae. It is most commonly known for its cultivar 'Bradford', widely planted throughout the United States and increasingly regarded as an invasive species.[2]

Something you learn each day while on this forum !

 

[Tim Marlow]

Certainly is John. Very early on we decided we weren’t going to simply keep hens. We wanted to open the “Longfield home for retired gentle chickens……”. We’ve no regrets whatever. They are great fun and we don’t care if we get eggs or not.

 

[Lee Drennen]

That's a lovely way for them to end a like of hell Tim, good for you and Jim .

Excuse us please Lee.
thank you for the name of the tree. Just checked it out on Wiki.
Pyrus calleryana, or the Callery pear, is a species of pear tree native to China and Vietnam,[2] in the family Rosaceae. It is most commonly known for its cultivar 'Bradford', widely planted throughout the United States and increasingly regarded as an invasive species.[2]

Something you learn each day while on this forum !

Thanks for the leg work John I never knew that. Yes you learn something all the one here that why I like this forum so much. The Dogwoods are blooming now around here I’ll get you a pic of one

 

[Lee Drennen]

Certainly is John. Very early on we decided we weren’t going to simply keep hens. We wanted to open the “Longfield home for retired gentle chickens……”. We’ve no regrets whatever. They are great fun and we don’t care if we get eggs or not.

That’s great you do that Tim. That’s the way I feel about my Chickens I’ll keep some way pass there egg laying period just because I like having them around. There still useful keeping the ticks and chiggers down.

 

[AlanG]

Great to see another year starting on your 'patch' Lee. I enjoy watching this progress each season.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Great to see another year starting on your 'patch' Lee. I enjoy watching this progress each season.

Thanks for the complement Alan. I have a few plans this year if I can pull them off.

 

[Lee Drennen]

I finally got the Garden in after about 2 months working on it on and off. This years is. It very big. We’ve had lots of rain the last couple days and storms been keeping a close eye on it I maybe replanting some stuff. Here’s some pics of it over the last months

 

[Tim Marlow]

Lovely stuff.

 

[Mini Me]

Good on you Lee......just think, if things keep on the way they are........this could become a way of life for us all.

 

[Allen Dewire]

That looks really nice Lee! It also looks like a lot of hard work too. Are those Tomatoes you have going in there? What else are you going plant?

Prost
Allen