Author Archives: Carol

Today is the first day of spring believe it or not. Yesterday our spring flowers looked like this. Today the paths are clear but there is still snow on the garden. What a winter this has been. It has felt … Continue reading →

I worm the girls twice a year, in September and March, so worming time has come round again. I use flubenvet powder which needs to be given for seven consecutive days. I have in the past added the powder to … Continue reading →

It snowed all day yesterday but it was wispy and blowing around and so didn’t settle. By the evening though the freezing temperature had allowed it to settle. I took a photo from our front window of our vans during … Continue reading →

Yesterday it snowed on and off all day and the temperature barely got above freezing. The girls spent most of the day in the shelters. I left the chicken shed door open for most of the day but they weren’t … Continue reading →

Freckles and Cinnamon are laying their eggs at virtually the same time at the moment. This causes the usual mayhem that comes from them both wanting to lay in the same spot. The current favourite spot is the corner of … Continue reading →

It is so nice not to need to buy eggs any more. The girls are now laying enough eggs for all our egg needs even when eating several at a time. We had our lovely eggs for breakfast last weekend … Continue reading →

Spring is so late this year. The miniature daffodils are finally in full flower but the standard size daffs still have tight buds. After a much milder spell of weather it is forecast to be cold again for the weekend … Continue reading →

We have woodland behind the top of our garden and always have loads of birds visiting the garden. We always have a resident pair of robins and dunnocks as well as a range of tit’s, blue tits, great tits, coal … Continue reading →

Today I found Emerald’s first egg of the year in the corner of the chicken shed next to Freckles egg. Emerald’s egg is shorter and wider than Speckles and has a little more colour although that doesn’t show in the … Continue reading →

I think that Emerald will start laying soon. Like Speckles she is practising. She was going from one nest box to the other whilst placing pine shavings on her back. At one point she was outside of the nest box … Continue reading →