Author Archives: Carol

Yesterday Emerald and Dandelion wanted to lay their eggs at the same time. I went to check on them and they had both settled together in the same nest box. It is heart warming to see how well the girls … Continue reading →

Yesterday while I was in the chicken run and my husband was outside we suddenly saw a baby robin in the run. It appeared to have flown through the weld mesh but was in the corner with the perch above … Continue reading →

I didn’t have a photo for this post so thought I would show the first of my bargain lilies just starting to flower in the sunshine. I called my breeder at the weekend to see how he is getting on. … Continue reading →

We are experiencing a bit of a heat wave at the moment as I think is the whole country. The little girls love the heat but the two bigger girls not so much. Speckles continues to do sloppy poops and … Continue reading →

I had been doing some gardening today and all the girls were watching me and waiting for any worms that I dug up. Then I went into the run and Dandelion was missing. I thought she was probably laying her … Continue reading →

You would imagine that laying eggs for a hen would be a simple matter but that isn’t always the case. When you have a small flock like we have you can see all their funny little habits. My two bigger … Continue reading →

It’s so cold that it’s as if we have returned to winter again. It doesn’t seem possible that we recently experienced a mini heat wave. The wind is bitterly cold and we have had lots of rain. The forecast is … Continue reading →

It’s a bit slow news in the chicken run at the moment but that’s not a bad thing. No news is good news as they say. Cinnamon has yet to restart laying after her brief broody moment but all the … Continue reading →

I know I have said this quite often recently but the pulmonaria has taken over our garden so we are buying new plants then digging a clump out and replacing  it with the new plants. This is the girls’ view … Continue reading →

I thought about Sophie’s comment that she doesn’t know which girls lay which eggs like I do and I thought I would demonstrate how different our girls eggs are. I know that if I get more seramas, and I would … Continue reading →