Author Archives: Carol

My flowers have now fully opened. They are beautiful and if they are anything like the past astramaris I have had they will last a good while yet.

I am not happy with the change in the bedtime routine. I just don’t understand why the two bigger girls have suddenly decided that they want to perch outside at bedtime. We are rarely ever away over night but I … Continue reading →

I thought I would do an update on how the flock is at the moment and add current portraits of all the girls to demonstrate what I am talking about. There have been changes in the flock behaviour since the … Continue reading →

My lovely husband came back from a trip to the supermarket this morning with a bunch of flowers for me. They are astramaris which are really long lasting flowers. They usually last a good few weeks. A lovely surprise and … Continue reading →

Since the weather has changed the bedtime routine has changed and not for the better! Emerald and Speckles have taken to perching over the hatch at bedtime. Emerald settles there first and then Speckles joins her. The little girls gather … Continue reading →

Today the sun shone and for the first time this year it felt spring like. The girls enjoyed sitting in the sun and at one point Freckles was dust bathing in a shaft of sunlight. She looked as if it … Continue reading →

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 →