Category Archives: Chickens

Snow lays an egg, Gold goes broody and getting new girls soon

Snow laid two eggs on 3rd and 5th January then stopped. About a month ago I thought Snow had laid again as there was an elongated shaped egg in the nest box. It turned out that it wasn’t her egg … Continue reading

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I finally catch Storm in the nest box

Storm has proved really elusive to catch in the nest box. She is in and out so quickly. Today was our third, four egg, day. We have been getting four eggs every other day. The first two were Gold, Red, … Continue reading

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Our first, four egg, day of the year

We now have five out of eight girls laying. I think Snow will be next to start laying as she has been having a quick in and out of the nest boxes over the last few days. We started the … Continue reading

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Worming the flock

I worm the flock twice a year in March and September. I find the easiest way is to add a spoon of flubenvet to four little dishes of mash (pellets with water) every day for seven consecutive days. The girls … Continue reading

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Gold lays her first egg of the year

I knew Gold was getting ready to lay as she had been squatting when ever I came up behind her and also was very vocal. She has a very bright red face and comb too. This morning she started going … Continue reading

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Storm lays her first egg of the year

For the last few days Storm has been very vocal and has been looking in the nest boxes and the corners of the shed. This morning she was in and out of the nest boxes. I didn’t manage to get … Continue reading

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Red is broody

It seems ridiculously early in the year but Red has gone broody after laying sixteen eggs. Yesterday Red was in the nest box from the morning onwards. She finally laid an egg in the afternoon but returned to the nest … Continue reading

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Snow lays an egg

Snow laid two eggs on 3rd and 5th of January. After a month’s break Snow laid again today. I didn’t actually catch her in the nest box but had seen her on the ramp yesterday and this morning. What really … Continue reading

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Three egg laying girls

Silver laid yesterday after a five day break. She does seem to be erratic at the moment. That means we now have Red, Ginger and Silver laying. I love how the girls’ eggs are so different making it easy to … Continue reading

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Ginger laid an egg

I knew Ginger was getting ready to lay again and yesterday Ginger laid her first egg of this year with Red laying today. Silver last laid six days ago. Ginger’s egg is quite different from Silver’s. We had eaten the … Continue reading

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