Author Archives: Carol

Moulting and egg laying or the lack of

All the girls are still moulting in differing amounts. To my amazement Speckles and Emerald are still dropping a few feathers. They seem to have been dropping feathers for such a long time this year. They both stopped laying after … Continue reading

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Happy Halloween

I have never been into doing anything for Halloween. I do however always buy some sweets so that if any children knock on the door, trick or treating, I have them ready to give out. Last year no children knocked … Continue reading

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Vintage crockery

On Sunday we did an afternoon tea on our vintage crockery for a birthday party. We have one wedding booked for next year already and another wedding that want to book us but they wanted to come and see one … Continue reading

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Snuggling up together

When I checked on the girls at bedtime the night before last I was surprised to find them all snuggled up together apart from Freckles. Last night they were in the same positions again. I think this may be the … Continue reading

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A pair of water butts

For some time I have been frustrated that a corner of the chicken shed has been damp at  floor level after we have had a lot of rain. My husband recently put a wooden overhang on the chicken shed roof … Continue reading

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Getting the veg plot ready for winter

The only thing left on our veg plot was the courgette plants. They still each had five or six tiny courgettes but they hadn’t grown in the last few weeks so we decided that they were finished. Everything else was … Continue reading

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More cookies

I never usually do much baking but since I adapted Jamie Oliver’s apple crumble cookies to my own version I have really got into trying them with different fillings. I took my eldest son, Steve, some cookies with raisins for … Continue reading

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Apricot tries another bedtime position

Apricot is the only girl that keeps changing her bedtime position. She really seems to prefer being with the bigger girls than with Dandelion and Cinnamon. Emerald didn’t look too happy about being moved from her corner spot and having … Continue reading

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Little and large

I love seeing Speckles and Cinnamon together. Yesterday they were at the food dish together. Again I noticed the large size of Cinnamon’s feet in comparison to her tiny size. A few seconds later Freckles joined them and moved Cinnamon … Continue reading

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A look around our chicken run

One of my commenters asked for a look around my chicken run. I said I would do a post on it and then didn’t get round to it. I think that comment was over a year ago. Sorry! I thought … Continue reading

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