Author Archives: Carol

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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The little girls have bedtime sorted

Much to my surprise after one night of steering the little girls towards the pop hole they have got the hang of it. I now realise that by putting them in I was confusing them because they didn’t know how … Continue reading

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Moving the bedtime routine onwards

Last night I decided that I need to start moving the bedtime routine onwards. I have been putting the little girls in the chicken shed at half past six, as with Caramel’s eye problem, I didn’t want to add any further … Continue reading

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Pebbles and Caramel finally find the new perches

Pebbles and Caramel have now found all the new, lower, perches that we put in for them. I missed most of the photo opportunities as they had moved on by the time I got my camera but I did just … Continue reading

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We have a problem

Pebbles and Caramel have found a new favourite spot to sit. They have been spending a lot of time sat on the log either preening or snoozing. I think this may be because they were spending time on the little … Continue reading

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We see our large slow worm again

A few days ago we saw our long, slow worm, again.  This time it was on our patio. We do wonder why it comes to the patio where there is no cover for it. We know it’s the same one … Continue reading

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Integration day

Yesterday morning I introduced the little girls to yogurt. The rest of the flock had three little dishes on the patio area and I put one little dish on the little girl’s food station. I had to go out for … Continue reading

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The girls have the whole afternoon together

Yesterday I mixed the girls for the whole afternoon. I had been to the woods and collected some branches to make some extra, lower, perches for the little girls. I had picked branches that were a smaller, broom handle width, … Continue reading

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