Author Archives: Carol

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 →

After the problems over the winter it is great to see all the girls looking really good and they are all laying now except Cinnamon who had a broody day recently so will take a break. Freckles only took a … Continue reading →

After the harshest winter for many years we have now had record high temperatures for April. It has felt like summer this week. The garden is bursting with flower. These tulips have been like this for ages just waiting to open. … Continue reading →