Author Archives: Carol

Spring has come so late this year. Our miniature daffodils are only just starting to open and the regular size daffodils are still green. In past years we have had daffs in flower at the end of January and certainly … Continue reading →

Speckles laid her second egg today only two days after the first and if anything it’s even bigger. Freckles and Cinnamon are laying almost every other day too. I am so impressed with this because looking back on my egg … Continue reading →

Yesterday Speckles laid her first egg of the year and today both Freckles and Cinnamon laid an egg. I couldn’t resist another photo. Freckles and Cinnamon’s eggs on the left, Speckles next and a shop bought, medium sized, egg on … Continue reading →

Once again Speckles went straight to the grit this morning. I really felt that today she was going to get her first egg of the year laid and I was right. I checked the nest box mid morning and there … Continue reading →

This morning I let the girls out and gave them the morning sunflower hearts then Speckles went straight to the grit. She then went into the nest box and started picking up pine shavings and placing them on her back. … Continue reading →

It was so good to go out this morning to find that the snow was already starting to thaw. I let the girls out, poop picked the chicken shed and then closed the shed door for the first time in … Continue reading →

During the night we were woken up several times by howling winds. This was the scene when I went out this morning. The forecast was for snow from one o’clock in the afternoon until one o’clock the following morning. I … Continue reading →

At the moment each day seems to get worse than the day before despite the forecast showing that it was going to improve a little. I think this is because although the temperature today was similar to yesterday the conditions … Continue reading →

It was minus six degrees last night and today never got above minus two and in fact most of the day was minus three or four. This was the best of the day. It looked beautiful in the morning sunshine … Continue reading →

I had a light bulb moment last night. I decided to disconnect the automatic door opener for the duration of this cold spell and open and close it manually. This has a few advantages. The girls were coming out at … Continue reading →