Author Archives: Carol

It was only three days ago that I did a post on combs and I said in the comments that Speckles comb would get a bit bigger and redder. Today I realised that in just that short time it has … Continue reading →

Happy Valentine’s day to all my readers and to my girls. I decided to treat them to some yogurt in some heart shaped dishes. They don’t know the meaning of course but they enjoy the yogurt just the same. We … Continue reading →

According to the forecast, yesterday was the last really cold day, of the recent cold spell. There hadn’t been any freezing nights or frozen chicken waters but it felt colder because the daytime temperatures stayed so low. For the past … Continue reading →

Barley has now laid four eggs this year so far. She has laid every other day since the first one and each one has been slightly bigger than the one before. Her comb is big and red whereas Peaches is … Continue reading →

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 →