Author Archives: Carol

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 →

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 →