Welcome to Petit Minou en Bretagne



I moved to this lovely part of Brittany at the end of the summer in 2008 with my husband and my two daughters

We have two holiday gites and hope to have lots of visitors in the years to come

Life here is slower than it used to be in England but my days are so much busier - looking after our two Ouessant sheep, our chickens, geese, ducks and seven cats; trying out new recipes using our freshly grown veggies, trying to keep up with the weeding and the the garden and keeping the gites in tip top condition ready for our visitors

If I have any spare time I make handmade greetings cards and gifts and have just opened an Etsy shop - visit it here

I also enjoy taking photographs and have recently joined Flickr so hopefully I will post some of my shots on here too

This is intended to be my blog about our new life here in Brittany - I really must try to make time for regular updates but seem to be failing miserably


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Friday 24 April 2009

Ex batts


I rescued four ex battery hens at Easter, what a sorry state they were in when they arrived. Their beaks had been clipped, their claws were overgrown, they had barely any feathers and totally lacked any of the skills that normal chickens have. We were told that they would probably never perch as it would be alien to them, they didn't know how to scratch and they were understandably very timid

A few months later we have four happy chickens who give us tasty eggs and a great deal of pleasure. They come running for treats and have almost got all their feathers back. Sometimes, time permitting, I just sit with my little flock and watch them enjoying life.

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