Author Archives: Carol

I start worming the girls

I worm the flock twice a year and it is now time to do this again. I find the easiest way is to divide some fish into little dishes with the flubenvet powder mixed in and make sure each girl … Continue reading

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Pebbles is holding her own within the flock

We have been ridiculously busy and I haven’t had time to blog. We did an afternoon tea on our vintage crockery for a hundred and fifty on Thursday for a school speech day. It took up the entire day and … Continue reading

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Pebbles has got bedtime sorted

It was with a heavy heart that I closed the nest boxes last night. I felt so sorry for Pebbles being left without Caramel but I knew that she would now have to learn where to go at bedtime. At … Continue reading

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Saying goodbye to Caramel

I can’t believe I am writing this after yesterday’s post. I am heartbroken to have to say that Caramel has gone. This morning as usual I poop picked the chicken shed at first light with Caramel beside me. I then … Continue reading

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Caramel keeps me on my toes

This little girl has given me several scares since I have been caring for her, but goodness me, she has wrapped herself around my heart. The first heart stopping moments were going out into the run first thing in the … Continue reading

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Caramel’s progress and more new perches

As usual when I went out at first light Caramel was still in the chicken shed. I left her in with me while I poop picked and then bought her in for her meds. I left her in the cat … Continue reading

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Caramel has a bath

I went out at seven o’clock this morning and once again my heart missed a beat when I saw all the girls except Caramel. I found her in the shed looking around as if she was unsure how to get … Continue reading

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An up and down day

We had a wild storm last night. From three o’clock until about half past five there was constant thunder and lightening and lashing rain. The thunder rolled around our valley sometimes almost overhead and sometimes miles away. We couldn’t sleep … Continue reading

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An update on Caramel

This morning I gave Caramel her antibiotic and her painkiller to her beak then gave her some sugar water to her beak. I took her to the vets at nine o’clock for her check up and the vet sluiced her … Continue reading

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Caramel’s visit to the vet

I am going to update even though I know I have covered a lot of this in the comments but I want to give the full story. Yesterday we had our busiest day for a long time and I felt … Continue reading

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