Author Archives: Carol

Today there was a lot of nest box activity. Mango has been squatting, vocal, going to the grit and oyster shell and looking in the nest boxes so I knew she was on the verge of laying her first egg … Continue reading →

I gave the girls some yogurt this morning. I love doing this and getting group photos. The girls get yogurt splattered all over themselves but when I return later they are all cleaned up. They are very good at cleaning … Continue reading →

Snow was out in the run this morning instead of in the nest box. I expected her to return to the nest box but she stayed out in the run all day. After only three days of being broody she … Continue reading →

On the same day that Storm laid her first egg of the year Snow laid her last egg before going broody. We had one day of four girls laying before it dropped back to three. Snow has laid seventeen eggs … Continue reading →

Today at last Storm settled in the nest box. She has been very vocal leading up to this. Red and Snow were already in the nest boxes so after much fuss Storm settled in the third nest box by the … Continue reading →

Today Mango and Cloud were the helpers of the dust bath rather than dust bathing themselves. They love to help with dust bathing and do this together too. Autumn once again sat in the nest box for about half an … Continue reading →

Yesterday Autumn settled in the nest box again. Once again she was in there for about an hour and then came out without laying an egg. I am now thinking that this isn’t a practice and maybe she isn’t going … Continue reading →

It’s been a race to see which girl would be next to lay their first egg of the year. Gold has been squatting for a while and very vocal. Storm has also been very vocal. Then yesterday Autumn also squatted … Continue reading →

This morning I gave the girls some fish. Snow laid six eggs in two weeks and then stopped. She hasn’t laid for just over a week now. Hopefully she will start again when the other girls get started. Red has … Continue reading →

We have been having a battle with Sugar’s feet. First we noticed that Sugar was limping. When I inspected her feet I realised her toe nails had got so long and curled around that a nail was pressing against her … Continue reading →