Mad Man On A Croft

Day one of The Great Hen Watch.

Result one hen AWOL - absent without leave!

I've been looking after them for about three hours and already one's gone off for a walk on the wild side. I've been hunting high and low, holding a torch, flapping my arms and making clucking noises - no change there then, I hear you say - and not a sausage!

Have you ever tried looking for a black hen on a black night?

Mark you, there were a loads of buzzards flying around today. Do buzzards eat hens? Who knows! Nature, raw in tooth and claw.

Anyway the remaining girls are tucked up and cosy.