Tag Archives: Chickens

Les Hérolles Market

A few photos from the Foire des Hérolles poultry market this morning. A somewhat surreal and overwhelming experience waking up at 5:00am and ending up surrounded by literally thousands of squawking chickens, ducks, geese, guinea hens, quails, turkeys, and every … Continue reading

Posted in Events, The Region | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Eule’s Poussins

The new arrivals just keep on coming in Les Verrines- Just a few weeks after receiving our wonderful Easter present, one of our poussins from last year has now become a mom! Eule hatched eight beautiful fluffy little chicks who … Continue reading

Posted in Animals | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

A Look Back at Winter

Now that winter is officially over, here’s a quick look back in pictures…

Posted in The House, The Region, The Village, The Yard | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Les Coqs

The wonderfully cuddly poussains that had hatched in spring were now all grown up. The chicken house which was built with only three chickens in mind was over crowded (we now had 17!). Anyone entering the backyard was greeting by … Continue reading

Posted in Animals, The Food, The Land | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

POUSSAINS!!!

The long awaited sequal to: What’s Upstairs by Le Vignaud Productions. The story of a young chicken named Tchitchi… who grew up so fast! Our little baby Tchitchi is now a mother! She had six little baby chicks hatch- We’re … Continue reading

Posted in Animals, Updates | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Le Poil et la Plume

Inspiration of the Day: A friend, inspired by my new feathered companions, recently loaned me a book written by Annie Dupery- a Parisian actress relocated to la Creuse… In Le Poil et la Plume she describes eloquently her reasons for relocating to this … Continue reading

Posted in Animals, Inspiration, The Land | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

What’s Upstairs?

A perceptive young reader wants to know: “What is upstairs in the chicken house?” This week, Le Vignaud Productions sets out to tell the story:

Posted in Animals | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

CHICKENS!!!

We have chickens! Does that mean it’s a farm yet??? Actually this is a little bit old news, since they have been with us now for two weeks- but I wanted to give them some time to adjust before they … Continue reading

Posted in Animals | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

La Massacre

Over the years that I have been coming to La Creuse and in particular over the past few years that I have called it my home, there have been plenty of opportunities for laughter and happiness… There have also been … Continue reading

Posted in The People | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments