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Update on Sugar

It seems we were wrong about Sugar getting ready to lay an egg. She has shown no interest in the nest boxes. There are times when Sugar looks quite normal. She runs to the treats and she joins in with … Continue reading

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Gold is now broody too

I thought we were back to three girls laying with Cloud having laid her first egg but the next day Gold went broody so we are back to two girls laying. Just Dot and Cloud for now although Mango drops … Continue reading

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Cloud lays her first egg of the year

I had been thinking that both Cloud and Mango were getting near to starting to lay. They have both looked in the nest boxes a few times and both have very red combs and faces. Yesterday Cloud went in a … Continue reading

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Storm is our first broody girl of the year

Storm has laid fourteen eggs in twenty six days and has now gone broody. Storm has started laying and gone broody before Mango and Cloud have even started laying. We are now back to two girls laying, Dot and Gold. … Continue reading

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Fish for the girls

I thought that a fish treat for the girls would give a protein boost as we now have three girls laying eggs. Sugar spends a lot of her time perched. If she isn’t on the perch above the ladder or … Continue reading

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Another girl has started laying

This morning Dot was in the nest box by the gate. Dot now has a lovely red comb. I had felt for the last few days that she was getting ready to lay again. It wasn’t long before I heard … Continue reading

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Eggs

Storm is our only egg laying girl at the moment. She lays every other day. Since we lost Salmon, Sugar has spent a lot of time on her own. I wonder if she misses Salmon. Her favourite spots are on … Continue reading

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Salmon

We had our lovely Salmon for nearly six years. She was a very pretty girl with a huge character. She soon worked her way up to being top girl even though she was the smallest girl. She had a lovely … Continue reading

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Salmon’s gone

It was on Monday, three days ago, that there was a lot of blood on Salmon’s perch and the shavings below. Apart from a mucky bottom which I cleaned for her she seemed the same as normal. She was still … Continue reading

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Up dates on the girls

I think some of the girls are getting ready to start laying. Oddly Autumn has stopped laying. She laid her last egg on the first of February and hasn’t laid since. She goes in the chicken shed and sits as … Continue reading

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