Author Archives: Carol

After the emotional upheaval of the last few days I felt the need to celebrate my flock of six. I have spent time being with them today and without the top two girls the remaining six are getting along quietly. … Continue reading →

I am feeling sad today about re homing girls once more. I was quite tearful about it last night. I decided that I needed to remind myself why I had to do this. I looked through photos of the girls … Continue reading →

Mid morning today I went in to the girls and found some of Topaz’s tail feathers in their separated bit. My heart sank a bit more. If I leave Topaz and Honey together Topaz is going to lose feathers but … Continue reading →

While we were at Homebase getting some things for our upcoming sitting room make over I thought that I would buy another annual for my empty chicken bucket. I then spotted this pretty primula and couldn’t resist it. We have … Continue reading →

This morning I went out at half past six to let Topaz and Honey out of the little coop. A few minutes later the automatic door opened on the main chicken shed. Speckles seems to miss Honey and has spent … Continue reading →

Over the last week we hadn’t seen Topaz pulling any feathers and the girl’s necks don’t appear to look any worse. However we have seen Honey pulling feathers every day. I saw her pull a bunch of feathers from Peaches … Continue reading →

Peaches and Barley are so together. They share a dust bath while practically laying on each other. They even share a nest box and lay their eggs together. You will rarely ever see them not together. It does make me … Continue reading →

I must admit that I am enjoying my girls, after their shorter than expected, stay away from home but I am keeping a close eye on them. I haven’t actually seen Topaz pull any feathers since she has been back … Continue reading →

We have a function to cater tomorrow for forty people. They are having a fork buffet and deserts. My husband made a bird decoration from an apple to garnish one of the dishes. Isn’t this little feller cute!

It turned out to be a very short break for Topaz and Honey. It seemed to have started so well with them both putting themselves to bed last night which came as a bit of a pleasant surprise to me. … Continue reading →