Author Archives: Carol

Sugar

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

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Egg shapes

Yesterday Snow laid her second egg this year, two days after her first one. It was long and torpedo shaped. We have always said that there is no mistaking Snow’s eggs because they have a very distinct shape. Red laid … Continue reading

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Snow’s first egg of the year

After checking out the nest boxes for the last couple of days today Snow settled in the nest box. When I next checked on Snow she was back out in the run. I checked the nest box and there was … Continue reading

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Updates

For the last couple of days Snow has been investigating the nest boxes. I think she may be getting ready to start laying. We usually have the first girls come back into lay half way through February and the rest … Continue reading

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Dust bathing

After mentioning worrying about Sugar’s quality of life, today she was dust bathing with Snow. It’s the first time I have seen her dust bathing for ages. I think the recent cold weather was having an effect on her. It … Continue reading

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Portraits

I haven’t blogged much recently because at this time of the year there isn’t much happening or much to say so I decided to pop out and take some portrait photos of the girls, the first portraits of the year. … Continue reading

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The shelter is very popular at this time of year

When the weather is awful as it has been recently the girls spend a lot of their time in the shelter. It’s Sugar’s favourite place during winter and the rest of the girls tend to gather around her. Mango and … Continue reading

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End of year egg count

I have had to do this right at the end of the year this year as Red is still laying. Sadly we lost Salmon and Dot this year. We lost Salmon on 22nd February when she couldn’t lay her first … Continue reading

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Christmas day in the chicken run

It’s become a Christmas tradition for the girls to have a fish treat on Christmas morning. We had smoked salmon omelette for breakfast and they had sardines in olive oil. They look very happy enjoying their fish. They also have … Continue reading

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Christmas Wishes

I would like to wish all my readers and their families a lovely Christmas and a very happy New Year and to thank you for reading my blog and commenting which means so much to me. XX

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