Author Archives: Carol

I was only saying yesterday that Toffee and Emerald are often perching together or sitting together. They often sit together in the run and take turns dozing. Yesterday afternoon they were together again and Toffee usually dozes the most often … Continue reading →

Emerald has been moulting big time. Whereas Toffee is losing a steady stream of feathers and not actually looking any different Emerald is dropping masses of feathers and looking really tatty. I am picking up more feathers than poop at … Continue reading →

While poop picking the run I stopped to consider the girl’s view of the garden. I don’t know how much they appreciate something pretty to look out on but I feel it must be better for them than having a … Continue reading →

Whilst being broody Butterscotch seems able to get all the girls to lay their eggs next to her. I swear she has telepathic powers. Recently I have taken photos of Barley and Butterscotch in the nest box together and then … Continue reading →

Butterscotch is such a character. She is a serial broody but she has some funny little habits when she is broody. I lift her three times a day so that she gets a break. I have taken to setting her … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago Jackie and I went to the allotments to collect some chard for our girls. It had been left over winter and gone to seed and now the owner of the plot wanted it removed to … Continue reading →

I recently did a post on our mystery lilac tree. The lilac is now fully in flower so I thought I would put out some more photos of it. I have pruned the tops out of it in the hope … Continue reading →

Both Emerald and Toffee are moulting but Emerald is moulting much faster than Toffee. Emerald was looking a bit shabby yesterday morning. Barley soon laid her egg and Butterscotch sat on it until I removed it. It is so odd … Continue reading →

Butterscotch lays for three weeks then goes broody for two weeks as regular as clockwork. The weird thing is that every time she goes broody she moults. I thought that this gradual moulting was going to mean a different section … Continue reading →

Recently we went to a party at our next door neighbours and while in their garden we saw our chicken run from a different perspective. We decided that we could make it look more attractive both for ourselves and for … Continue reading →