Author Archives: Carol

I gave the girls some chopped tomato which is an absolute favourite of theirs. It just happened that in the above photo the flock had split themselves into two halves. On the right are the five girls that I got … Continue reading →

The garden is looking amazing at the moment. Cloud came back into lay four days ago after a two week break after her brief broody spell. Storm also came back into lay four days ago after a break of three … Continue reading →

Today it has rained heavily, non stop, all day. I wasn’t happy that Autumn’s half of the run had quite a lot of wet parts. I decided that it would be best to speed up integration and mix the flock … Continue reading →

Cloud has gone broody after laying nineteen eggs in a month. Mango has laid twelve eggs in three weeks, she started laying a week later than Cloud. The day that Gold came back into lay was the day that Cloud … Continue reading →

Over the last few days the flock have managed to get into Autumn’s half of the run. After many years of poop picking the soil level in the run has dropped and the flock managed to dig under the dividing … Continue reading →

Yesterday and again today I gave Autumn some time with the rest of the flock. It went really well. I had found that putting another girl in with Autumn didn’t really work. A couple of days ago I tried putting … Continue reading →

As Autumn needs to be on her grower pellets for the next month I felt it was time to give her a bigger space. Now that she has settled in properly the time seemed right to give her more space … Continue reading →

What a difference a week makes. Autumn is now really settled. She is eating, drinking and pooping. She is dust bathing and preening. She runs to the treats and can now easily eat spinach leaves. She is comfortable around me … Continue reading →

Yesterday the breeder was back from her break and I rang her for advice. I feel much better now we have had a chat. She said that Autumn had been through so much change after being put in a box … Continue reading →

Autumn came to us on Thursday morning. I kept a close watch on her and started worrying that she wasn’t going to the food or water. I knew she wasn’t having any when I wasn’t watching her because there was … Continue reading →