Posts By: Elizabeth

Changeover Day is a family affair

  Saturday is changeover day at Boscrowan. We wave farewell to departing guests and then do a very thorough turnaround that needs to be completed by 3pm and 4pm that same day. It’s a busy day but it is also a family day where we  all work together to prepare the cottages for our next… Read more »

Chicks arrived!

21 days exactly and there was cheeping to be heard in the incubator. The rocker (which keeps them gently moving all the time in place of a hen moving and turning them) was turned off, the incubator elevated to the table for improved viewing and within 2 days we had 9 chicks. Not bad from… Read more »

Eggs at Easter – Boscrowan style!

Whilst most people are hoping for smarties or a kinder surprise in their easter eggs – we’re hoping for chicks and what we’re really hoping for are new girls who will lay blue and deepest richest chocolate brown eggs next year. There is so much more to this poultry lark than you could possibly imagine!… Read more »