Our Small-holding
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This page is dedicated to our small-holding and we would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to some of our animals who reside with us here at Meadowbrook Cottage bed and breakfast.
Our Gorgeous Girls - We have a lovely array of hens, we have some Bluebells, Copper Marans, Silver Blacks as well as a selection of bantams in the field. We do like to hatch our own chicks from our own eggs too as you never quite know exactly what you are going to get which is always quite exciting. We have also, in the past, helped to re-home some of the ex-battery hens who otherwise would face slaughter. |
The lovely thing is - they all live in the field together and they all get along just brilliantly which is just perfect.
And lastly - but not least - we are going to introduce you to Donald!
Donald is actually a wild Mallard Drake. His story is as follows. He was brought to us as a tiny little duckling back in April 2011. He was being viciously attacked by a swan had been rescued by some passers-by who brought the tiny duckling to us to see if we could possibly help him. We took him in and to begin with he was in a cardboard box under a heat lamp in the house until one of our hens hatched 5 chicks of her own. We waited for a couple of days and then he was put under the hen with the chicks at night. She successfully adopted him and to date he is still with us. He is a very special little duck and is a really great character.
Donald is actually a wild Mallard Drake. His story is as follows. He was brought to us as a tiny little duckling back in April 2011. He was being viciously attacked by a swan had been rescued by some passers-by who brought the tiny duckling to us to see if we could possibly help him. We took him in and to begin with he was in a cardboard box under a heat lamp in the house until one of our hens hatched 5 chicks of her own. We waited for a couple of days and then he was put under the hen with the chicks at night. She successfully adopted him and to date he is still with us. He is a very special little duck and is a really great character.