Author Archives: Carol

On Monday our neighbour spent a very long day plastering all the walls except the last wall which didn’t have plaster board and was just being skimmed. On Tuesday he skimmed the last wall and made a start on putting up the … Continue reading →

We decided to go straight from having our dining room floor laid to making the changes we wanted in our sitting room. It seemed to make sense to have our neighbour continue more or less straight away with the works for us … Continue reading →

This morning when I checked the nest boxes Emerald was sharing with broody Butterscotch. Toffee and Barley had already laid and the other big nest box was empty. Emerald laid her egg and Butterscotch rolled it underneath herself. I wonder … Continue reading →

I found a huge dandelion in the garden today that had somehow hidden itself until fully grown. I knew the girls would love this. Emerald now jumps on the inner, child gate, every time I go in the run. I … Continue reading →

Last night I took a photo of the bedtime line up. Since Honey and Topaz have gone Speckles and Butterscotch have paired up. Speckles often used to dust bath with Honey and seemed to have a bit of an alliance … Continue reading →

Yesterday I thought I would take a close up of each of the girls. She has an amazing comb. She has a white strip on her neck but luckily it’s not too bad. She is getting her feathers back to … Continue reading →

At last Butterscotch’s pins are opening on her breast. This was Butterscotch ten days ago. This is Butterscotch today. I am not sure if she will get her crest back this year after some of the pins from her head … Continue reading →

Yesterday we had a five egg day. We have had several five egg days this year but we had eight girls up until now. What makes this five egg day special is that it is five eggs from six girls. … Continue reading →

I am feeling so much happier after seeing Topaz and Honey yesterday. They are settling in fine and my flock of six are much more settled too. I gave them a dish of mash this morning and it was so … Continue reading →

Today we went to the farm to collect some disposables, but mostly on my part, to visit the girls. The farmer sent me a text message a couple of days ago to let me know that Honey and Topaz were … Continue reading →