New arrivals- back garden chickens

The girls have arrived! We have three twelve week old chicks- 2 buff orpingtons and 1 white Sussex. They are extremely fascinating and the kids love them. They won't be laying until the spring and as the kids are not in the garden much at the moment we will fence them off when the weather dries. As for now I am getting used to the daily routine and enjoying our new pets! :-)

Christmas card experiments

Happy Christmas Bloggers! I hope you are enjoying the festivities!
Still developing my hand printed range and experimenting with colours, time to go to the studio. Think I prefer reds and golds with the writing in black...

Keeping chickens

Never thought I would get so excited about keeping a few chickens in the back garden! But here I am like a child the night before Christmas waiting for my chicken coop to be delivered. Decided on the breed Lowman Browns as read they are friendly and good egg layers. May get some ex bats when I have learned more about looking after my flock! ;) Then the lovely task of collecting the feathery friends will happen once hubby has the pleasure of putting up the coop. Of course it has crossed my mind that I will have live subjects to draw which will be just up my street!
The only cockerel these ladies will see;