Author Archives: Carol

There are plenty of places in the run to dust bath but Butterscotch has suddenly decided to squeeze between my boot scraper and the wooden block. This is the fourth time we have found her trying to dust bath here. … Continue reading →

So far the large (little coop) nest boxes have been favourite and until today no one has gone in the little nest box, apart from Butterscotch once, when I had closed the rest off. Today though we had three girls … Continue reading →

This afternoon the girls were enjoying a communal dust bath in the sun. I just love to see them having such a lovely time.

Speckles is now obsessed with her new trick of jumping on my back every time I go through the gate to the run. This morning I closed the outer gate but the inner child gate was still open and in … Continue reading →

We now have five out of eight girls laying and the day before yesterday was our first “four egg day” with Speckles, Peaches, Barley and Butterscotch all laying and Honey laid the day before. This is nearly a full house … Continue reading →

Since we have lived in this house (nine years) we have had a bird feeding station in the garden with two feeders filled with black sunflower seeds and one with a suet block. As a bird bath near by we … Continue reading →

Yesterday Honey was in the nest box next to the store cabinet. I checked on her several times and she was settled in there. The next time I checked she was out and there was her egg at the bottom … Continue reading →

I gave the girls some turf from Jackie’s allotment plot. The girls just love a bit of fresh grass. I knew the grass wouldn’t last long but it was making eight little girls happy. By bedtime there were just a … Continue reading →

Today I visited Jackie’s flock then we went to the allotment to get some turf for the girls. Jackie is digging out some grass to make some more vegetable beds. I then bought Jackie back to visit my girls. I … Continue reading →

This morning I walked through the gate into the run and bent slightly to pour some hot water into the water dish as it had ice in it. Speckles jumped straight up on to my back and stayed there until … Continue reading →