Chilcotts Farm page%% https://chilcotts.farm/chilcotts-farm/ No longer a working farm. Our home in North Devon Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:19:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://chilcotts.farm/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-Chilcotts-farm-site-icon-32x32.png Chilcotts Farm page%% https://chilcotts.farm/chilcotts-farm/ 32 32 Merry Christmas 2025 https://chilcotts.farm/merry-christmas-2025/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:18:29 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6815 Izzy the Emu and the rest of us, wishing you a Merry Christmas!

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]]> Sweet Chestnuts 🌰 https://chilcotts.farm/sweet-chestnuts-%f0%9f%8c%b0/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 20:11:01 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6806 So, we have a bumper harvest, what do we do? Whats the best way to cook and preserve? After a bit of research, the following process seems to work. Once peeled, and cool, I bag them up and put them in the freezer

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]]> It’s Cold Outside! https://chilcotts.farm/its-cold-outside/ Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:34:22 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6794 We have had the first real freezing night of the year. Down to -2 degrees centigrade to -5, Izzy the emu was nestled down in the field (her choice as she never wants to come into the stable or shelter). In the morning she still has frost on her back and frozen feathers! It’s quite […]

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]]> Merry Christmas 2024! https://chilcotts.farm/merry-christmas-2024/ Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:25:11 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6788 We have cut this year’s Christmas Tree under the watchful eye of Izzy the Emu. Hatched in April 2024, this is Izzy’s first Christmas. The field with the Christmas trees is next to the field where Izzy is free to roam. With the chain saw roaring as we cut the tree, Izzy wondered over to […]

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]]> A Grape Snack for an Emu https://chilcotts.farm/a-grape-snack-for-an-emu/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:55:28 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6783 The Emus are loving grapes! Every afternoon I pop out and give them a little snack of freshly picked grapes. Fortunately, during September and October we have more grapes than we can eat, make wine or brandy from, Our excess would regularly go to the chickens, but now the emus too. My only concern is […]

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]]> Good Morning! https://chilcotts.farm/good-morning/ Fri, 13 Sep 2024 06:36:00 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6778 Early on a September morning, I can honestly say I would never expect to open my curtains, look out and see emus roaming our fields. Yet that is what we are so fortunate to see. Here is Izzy walking around in the early morning sun. You can’t see Ozzy, but he is sitting just behind […]

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]]> Emus at The Gate https://chilcotts.farm/emus-at-the-gate/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:24:51 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6775 For the past month Ozzy and Izzy the emus have had full access to the field. Beautifully tame and inquisitive, they spend a lot of time at the gate being met by passers by. The geese used to be the star attraction for passers by. The emus seem to now be taking font stage as […]

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]]> Next steps https://chilcotts.farm/next-steps/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:18:43 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6768 Ozzy and Izzy have now moved from the back garden to their nursery paddock. This weekend we herded the emus out of the garden across the road and into their new home. While they are young, I have sectioned off part of the field. They have access to the stable, where they go to bed […]

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]]> Emus Hanging Out to Dry https://chilcotts.farm/emus-hanging-out-to-dry/ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 19:26:33 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6759 Emus helping hang out the washing

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]]> There are emus about! https://chilcotts.farm/there-are-emus-about/ Sat, 22 Jun 2024 20:20:42 +0000 https://chilcotts.farm/?p=6749 We were all babies once

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