Author Archives: Carol

It’s all been happening on the egg front over the last few days. Yesterday Speckles laid her second egg of the year, five days after the first. Once again she made a meal of it, going in and out of … Continue reading →

I didn’t end up putting the girls together before bedtime last night. I chickened out, excuse the pun! I decided to stick with my usual plan and go slowly with the integration. I thought I would give the new girls … Continue reading →

I have known for days that Freckles was going to lay soon. She has been very vocal, squats if I put my hands near her, and has been going in and out of the nest box. This morning I felt … Continue reading →

This morning when I opened up the little coop Apricot was first out. The new girls now come out straight away in the morning and head to the food dish. I added a bamboo perch to the new shelter and … Continue reading →

Today we had heavy rain and then later in the afternoon a hail shower. I worry about the new girls being cold and about them not having a very big dry area. Apricot spends a lot of time in the … Continue reading →

The automatic pop hole is opening at about half past seven at the moment so I thought this would be a good time to let the new girls out. I opened the door and waited and nothing happened. I decided … Continue reading →

I was so excited this morning to go and choose some new girls from Dave. I was open minded as to whether I would have two or three. I wanted them all to be different. Dave has beautiful black cockerels … Continue reading →

We survived the winds of yesterday’s storm Doris without too much damage. A few fence posts have come loose which will have to be dealt with at a future date and the tarpaulin over the corner shaped part of the … Continue reading →

With spring on it’s way, hormones raging and egg laying beginning or about to begin, the girls behaviour is changing. They have a new found confidence and all of them including the little girls are more vocal. Suddenly Emerald and … Continue reading →

I have wanted to add new girls since losing Pebbles but have had to wait and be patient.  Firstly I needed to let six weeks pass to make sure the flock was in good health. It then wouldn’t have been … Continue reading →