Author Archives: Carol

We think that the little girls can probably be trusted to take shelter on the patio area if the weather is really cold so we decided it would be a good idea to reinstate a perch on the patio area. … Continue reading →

Having researched seramas before I got them there are mixed messages about keeping them warm in winter. Some people say they keep them inside (chicken shed or barn not in your house, of course) over winter, or at least during … Continue reading →

I decided to take some close up photos of the little girls to show their combs. Pebbles is over a year old and fully mature but hasn’t laid any eggs since we have had her. She seems to have been … Continue reading →

Every now and then we get witchetty grubs in a plant pot and they eat through the roots of the plant causing the plant to die. They are white, maggot like, grubs that turn into moths and they will eat … Continue reading →

Peaches was the last girl to moult and the last one to get her feathers back to normal. Her new breast feathers are almost fully grown but she has one patch of grey downy under feathers still peeping through. She … Continue reading →

At the moment we are really busy and it was just gone half past four when I found an appropriate moment in our work to slip up and check on the girls. To my amazement the automatic door had already … Continue reading →

After arriving home last night to find two out of three of the little girls had made it to their bedtime perch I felt that I should hold back from checking on the little girls and wait to see what … Continue reading →

Last night I was bit panicked about Pebbles. She was whistling as she was breathing. I put my post about her out this morning. You can see it here. This morning when I checked on her she was no longer … Continue reading →

I am sad to say that I have good news and some very bad news. I thought I was pretty clued up about chicken health but one of the observations from Terry from her former blog “Hencam” was that you … Continue reading →

We are still struggling with bedtime. The problem lays with the bigger girls not the little girls. The little girls know where they are supposed to go at bedtime and they want to go in the shed and get onto … Continue reading →