Author Archives: Carol

Different sized eggs

I know that I have done similar posts to this in the past but it still greatly amuses me how the little girls lay such different sized eggs. Cinnamon who is the smallest of the little girls lays the biggest … Continue reading

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Our first week with the chicks

We have now had the chicks for a week and I think they have almost doubled in size already. I needed to clean out the hamster cage. I poop pick every day and clean the water bottle and food dish … Continue reading

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The garden and an update on the chicks

The mixture of sun and rain has made the garden so lush. We have also taken out a lot of pulmonaria and replaced it with more interesting plants which has injected a bit of variety and colour. In the distance … Continue reading

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The chicks are growing

The chicks are visibly growing before our very eyes. They can jump up and down on the hamster cage platform with ease now. The two silkies are faster growing than the frizzle who is noticeably smaller than them at the … Continue reading

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Our second day with the chicks

Today Cinnamon has started taking notice of the chicks. She has been pacing up and down the wire desperate to find a way in. It’s typical that it’s our smallest girl that wants to get at them. Cinnamon was the … Continue reading

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I have chicks

I have researched far and wide trying to find another serama breeder. I talked to the secretary of the serama club and she has been looking for me but nothing came of that. I tried the breeder that Sophie got … Continue reading

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Egg laying shenanigans

Emerald is laying every other day like clockwork at the moment. She is very happy to share a nest box with one of the little girls. Usually it is Dandelion but today it was Freckles. They looked so sweet sat … Continue reading

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Our garden is looking really lush

The garden is really lush at the moment after the recent rain followed by recent sun. I bought some inexpensive freesias as I love the scent of them. They looked a bit sparse in the vase so I added some … Continue reading

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Our slow worm has grown

A month ago I did a post about the baby slow worms in the garden. They were really tiny, about the size of worms. Yesterday I saw a much bigger one sunning itself on the plant that is next to … Continue reading

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Our garden path

Two years ago we had our garden path laid. Before we had the path redone it was just concrete that over time had cracked and broken. Beside our next door neighbour’s fence was a channel of smooth concrete that the fence … Continue reading

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