Author Archives: Carol

Today is the last day that my eight girls will be together. I gave them another whole cabbage which was only fifty pence from Tesco. Toffee then takes her place in the nest box and later when I check Toffee … Continue reading →

This morning Emerald was in one of the nest boxes and there was more togetherness going on in the other nest box with Peaches and Barley sharing. Barley is standing after laying her egg and seconds later came out shouting … Continue reading →

When shopping at Tesco I always check out the yellow stickers on the marked down items. The basil plants were reduced. They were starting to go limp but only because they needed water so I bought one for the girls. … Continue reading →

Yesterday Jackie suggested that she take both Topaz and Honey together as integrations can be easier with two rather than one and they would be familiar company for each other while being separated from her girls. I didn’t want to … Continue reading →

After saying that Honey seemed to be doing more plucking than Topaz we have caught Topaz going for Emerald and Butterscotch’s necks today. Emerald now has a much longer white streak on her neck. I am at my wits end … Continue reading →

For the last couple of days Butterscotch has been coming out of the nest box on her own in between me lifting her out. I could tell that she was coming out of her broody spell. The odd thing is … Continue reading →

Topaz has been pulling feathers from the girl’s necks. She has so far targeted Butterscotch on the head and breast, Honey and Emerald on the neck and now Toffee’s neck has just started to miss some feathers. Honey has been … Continue reading →

Last summer we paid off our mortgage and we are slowing down our business as we head towards semi retirement. My husband will get his pension next year, although it will be another ten years before I get mine. With … Continue reading →

I have thought recently that Emerald was getting ready to lay. Today she was very vocal and her face is very red. She settled herself in the nest box and flicked some shavings over her back. A while later she … Continue reading →

Spring sets the girls hormones racing. They start to lay their eggs and seem to grow in confidence. They also strengthen or contest the pecking order. I saw a few blood spots, this morning, behind their roosting perch in the … Continue reading →