Author Archives: Carol

Little splashes of colour are beginning to appear in the garden giving us hope that spring is on it’s way. There are also yellow and pink primula but they didn’t photograph well. I love seeing the first flowers of the … Continue reading →

Our flock is a very united flock but just occasionally they separate into two groups. These two know that this is where the sun always is in winter. The little girls soon joined them here. I love having such a … Continue reading →

The moult seems to be going on forever this year but I think we are getting towards the end of it. Emerald just needs her tail feathers to grow in and Cinnamon needs a few more tail feathers and still … Continue reading →

The girl’s bedtime routine is the same every day just like clockwork. They wait at the end of the run for me to go up and give them the bedtime corn. They then have a quick scratch by the patio … Continue reading →

Yesterday we were forecast snow in the morning and then rain in the afternoon giving us a whole wet day. The snow turned out to be more than we expected. It snowed from eight in the morning until one in … Continue reading →

Apricot has a habit of, quite often, having a dust bath just before bedtime. She waits until I have given the girls the bedtime corn then digs herself a dust hole. I always think the dust she is flicking over … Continue reading →

Yesterday we had a frosty day and therefore I inspected Dandelion’s eyes again.  Once again she had a crusty right eye. She also seems to be sneezing a little more and I can hear a bit of a whisper in … Continue reading →

This photo is very similar to the photo in my last post but this time it is a layer of frost sparkling in the sun rather than a sprinkling of snow. The good news is that it is only forecast … Continue reading →

Scotland have just had a heap of snow. They had two inches or more and the northern part of England had quite a bit too. It seems to have fizzled out as it came southwards which was lucky for us. … Continue reading →

It feels as if the girls have been moulting forever this year. Seramas are supposed to moult a few feathers at a time all year round rather than have a big annual moult. Well Emerald is doing a good impression … Continue reading →