Author Archives: Carol

Until recently the automatic door on the pop hole hadn’t opened until after eight o’clock. I go out to the girls earlier than that and simply open the door and let them out and then clean up the chicken shed. … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon my husband decided to tackle the job of pruning our unruly rambling rose that’s next to the chicken run. We inherited this rose when we moved in and it’s extremely fast growing and vicious to prune. The only … Continue reading →

I had hoped this would fizzle out but Rusty looks a bit worse today. I have been through this before so I know how hard it is to stop this once it becomes a habit. I am giving protein and … Continue reading →

A few days ago I noticed that Rusty’s head feathers looked short and pale. I put it down to her moulting some head feathers. A day later we noticed that Freckles was pecking at Rusty’s head while they were perched … Continue reading →

The day before yesterday we had our first egg of the year. I thought that as it was so tiny it must be Freckles egg. This morning for our Sunday breakfast we had the last two shop bought eggs plus … Continue reading →

Every winter we have a pheasant visit the garden. I don’t know if it is the same one of course, but it is odd how a single, beautiful, male pheasant chooses to visit our garden regularly at this time of … Continue reading →

I am so excited to have the first egg of the year today. The disappointing thing is that I didn’t see any of the girls in the nest box. I think this egg is Freckles first egg. The egg is … Continue reading →

The sitting room mark four! We both agreed that we couldn’t live with the last colour for even a few days. It was totally wrong. We both really disliked it and wanted to change it as soon as possible. It … Continue reading →

We recently repainted under the dado rail in the sitting room to provide a bit more contrast between the shades above and below, see here. We said we would live with it for a while before deciding if it needed … Continue reading →

My mother in law is ninety six, ninety seven in August and has lived alone for many years since she lost her dear husband. Unfortunately she lives up north, a minimum of four hours drive from us. For some time … Continue reading →