My beautiful old lady. Almost 15 and still bobbing along. #BorderTerrier #dogsoftwitter

#dogsoftwitter

In my defence, there weren't any instructions in the box... #bordercollie #dogsoftwitter

Charmingly named the "Marmalade Hoverfly" or Episyrphus Balteatus, this beautiful little insect is invaluable to gardeners; feeding on nectar and pollunating flowers, as well as it's larvae's main food source being aphids! #nature #wildlife

Well that was a waste of time putting the washing out ... #RainOnMe

Wonder if we get a chance to harvest any of our walnuts this year before the #wildlife does!

Wow! A gram more than the previous largest egg I've had from my ex-commercial ladies! #ouch #eggs #freerange

Erm ... I'll wait until I've had my coffee before I oblige ...

Successfully hatched 6 #Guinea Fowl #chicks under a broody Buff Orpington hen. Fox had the mother, so chanced putting her clutch of eggs under a broody. #chickens #poultry

Very satisfying being able to plait my own home-grown garlic! #smallholder #growyourown

Broody Buff Orpingtons with Guinea Fowl keets they'd hatched. #poultry #chickens

Guinea keets hatched by a broody hen #poultry

My incubator's been busy. Brahma chick hatching. How cute is it's little beak!!! #chicks #chickens #smallholding

Morning Twitter! Not been on for a while. Life on the #smallholding has been busy. Here's one of my #sheepdogs Breeze helping me feed the rams this morning #sheep

Me and my #sheepdogs Breeze and Elf are taking part in the Dogs Trust 💛🐶 99k for K9's throughput Feb. So far done 22k!

"You'd better let us out of this chicken lockdown or else there'll be BIG trouble!"🐓🐔#hens #chickens

Not just a "little bit heavy" then? #statingtthebleedinobvious

This adorable little chicklet is a #rarebreed Marsh Daisy, which I'm over the moon to have #hatched, along with 13 of it's siblings! #Chicks #hatching

Good morning Twittersphere people in my phone. Not been in here for quite a while. I've gained a working "spanna" in my time away and also a delinquent #collie no-one else wanted! #springerspaniel #workingdogs

This is Laddie. He's similar in age to my own working bitch; they've bonded so well. He was a troubled soul without a purpose, a real problem child, but settled with us now. #sheepdogs