Author Archives: Carol

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 →

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 →