Author Archives: Carol

Since spending a night on the perch together the three little girls seem to have bonded and the flock is now very much in two groups. This is okay though because both sets are happy together and no one is … Continue reading →

Peaches and Barley were the last two girls to stop laying and start moulting. Whereas the other girls started earlier and had a slow moult, these two, are having a fast moult. There are piles of feathers in the chicken … Continue reading →

We have now seen the biggest and the smallest slow worm in our garden this summer. They definitely appear to be breeding in our garden which is nice to know. We saw this baby slow worm on our patio and … Continue reading →

The new girls have really found their way around now and are getting more adventurous every day. Yesterday Freckles found her way up to the wooden table by using the little corner perch as a step up. It is probably … Continue reading →

I have been waiting for the new little girls to discover that they can perch. Yesterday my husband said that he had seen Rusty on one of the newer little perches. Later in the day I saw Freckles on the … Continue reading →

I am going to do my end of year egg tally a bit earlier this year as Peaches was the last girl laying and finished at the end of the September. Rusty and Freckles are four months old so there … Continue reading →

Peaches only stopped laying at the end of September so she has just started moulting whereas Barley stopped laying a couple of weeks earlier and her moult is more advanced. She is looking rather tatty and has only one tail … Continue reading →

This afternoon we needed disposables for our business and instead of having them delivered we decided to go and collect them so that we could check in on our re homed girls. It was a really bright and sunny afternoon … Continue reading →

I am really pleased with how quickly the new girls have settled into the flock. It’s only been a week today since they arrived and they are now completely integrated. The only blip is getting them to bed at night. … Continue reading →

I went out this morning just as the automatic door opened. All the girls came out apart from the two new girls who stayed in the shed while I poop picked. They seem to like to be with me while … Continue reading →