Author Archives: Carol

I think at last Autumn is on the mend. I have been using another spray on her each evening. Once she is perched at bedtime it’s easy to lift her and spray her legs and feet. I have been using … Continue reading →

A few days ago I saw a frog in the garden. I haven’t been able to identify it despite googling it. It was quite big, about three to four inches long. I only managed this one photo before it jumped … Continue reading →

Sugar went broody two days ago after laying seven eggs in eleven days. That’s one more than last time. She is back in the broody crate over night for two or three nights. Storm is still laying. Snow came back … Continue reading →

I am telling Autumn’s story in hind sight because there was a point we were sure we were going to lose her and I just couldn’t write this at that point. I am afraid this is a rather long post … Continue reading →

Most of the girls haven’t looked much different while moulting. Gold however looks the most shabby while moulting that she has ever looked. Gold has one tail feather remaining. She had lost all the tiny feathers around her face and … Continue reading →

Before Autumn and then Red I have only previously had two bantam wyandottes. Many years ago I had Sparkle who was silver laced and Topaz who was gold laced. Sparkle was a good layer but didn’t live to much of … Continue reading →

We had three days without eggs then Sugar came back into lay. The following day Storm came back into lay. So we now have eggs again. Red is six months old. Autumn started laying at six and a half months … Continue reading →

For the first time in all our chicken keeping years, we have no girls laying, at this time of year. Snow who was our only girl still laying went broody three days ago. Snowflake before her hadn’t gone broody so … Continue reading →

I gave the girls a yogurt treat today. It’s the first time the new girls have had yogurt, plain probiotic yogurt. It also gave me the first chance to get a group photo of our current flock of eight. I … Continue reading →

In all our years of chicken keeping we have never had to buy eggs in the summer before. We have only one girl laying which is the first time during summer. Snow is our only girl laying and she lays … Continue reading →