Author Archives: Carol

This morning our third new girl was delivered. She is a gold pencilled wyandotte and is three months old. I have called her Autumn. She will have to stay separate from the flock for at least a month as she … Continue reading →

During one of the recent hot days I decided to give the girls some frozen melon to help them cool down. Dot is the only girl that struggles a bit with the heat and will have her beak open while … Continue reading →

Sugar is still not right but there has been an improvement in her egg laying. She is still sitting in the run for more than half of the time but looks normal in between. I know when her next egg … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, I was expecting my three new girls between 3.30 and 6.30 pm. At 5.30 pm the lady I had been in contact with arrived with two modern game girls. She said that her partner had loaded the van … Continue reading →

It’s two weeks since Sugar came out of her broody spell so I knew that she was getting ready to lay again. Sugar had been sitting with a very humped back. She looked uncomfortable and I thought that she had … Continue reading →

Our garden is looking lovely. The rose that climbs over the arches looks amazing. It is a little later than usual this year because of the cold, wet, start to the year. Now it hot and dry but the garden … Continue reading →

I am perplexed about what is going on with Sugar. She spends a lot of time sitting on the ground in the run. In between she does all the usual things that chickens do. She runs to the treats, she … Continue reading →

I have felt that Gold was ready to go broody for about a week. As she heads towards going broody she gradually spends longer and longer in the nest box but keeps laying yet another egg. Then she spends most … Continue reading →

Yesterday I gave the girls some mash so that I could get a couple of group photos. I washed both Salmon and Sugar’s bottoms on Monday. I bought them into the bathroom one at a time and stood them in … Continue reading →

Yesterday Sugar once more spent about an hour in the nest box. She came out having laid her third tiny egg. I now have to revise my earlier thinking and have come to the conclusion that the mystery egg in … Continue reading →