Author Archives: Carol

Over the last couple of days I have been picking up fluffy grey feathers, some with a white spot on the tip. I knew they were Speckles feathers. I then noticed that she has a bare bottom which has become … Continue reading →

It’s becoming really difficult to move this integration forwards. Getting the new girls to sleep in the shed is an improvement and I intend to keep this up whether they go in on their own or I have to put … Continue reading →

Yesterday I mixed the girls all afternoon and once again they spent the entire time at the top of the ladder. The really annoying thing was, that Rusty actually perched next to them at the top of the ladder without … Continue reading →

In a way the second day together wasn’t as good as the first. The problem now, is that the new girls are spending the entire day at the top of the ladder, and that isn’t moving things on. If I … Continue reading →

Yesterday being Saturday, and no functions, was the ideal day to put the girls together for their first whole day. I put them together at eleven o’clock once my chores were done. My main worry is that the new girls … Continue reading →

Egg production is up, with sixteen eggs on our egg rollers since last Sunday’s breakfast. Today was the first, four egg day, this year. This means I no longer need to buy eggs, so as I had two shop bought … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning there was a lot of shouting about who was going in the nest box. I couldn’t understand how it had been so harmonious on the last two occasions when the girls shared the nest box and why it … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon I mixed the girls for a couple of hours. I intended to leave them together all afternoon, until bedtime, to try to move the process on but Cinnamon became stressed so I ended the session. Cinnamon is such … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning I checked on the girls and was surprised to find three girls missing. Emerald, Peaches and Freckles. I checked the nest box and there were the three girls. Three’s a crowd or maybe not, as the three girls … Continue reading →

We had a manic day yesterday and I finished work too late to do any mixing of the girls as it was nearing their bedtime. Yesterday morning however, I checked on the girls and Freckles and Emerald were both settled … Continue reading →