Author Archives: Carol

Today I had planned to write a post about the girl’s combs and how I can see by how red some of them are that some of the girls are getting ready to lay again. I took my camera with … Continue reading →

I have mentioned before that Butterscotch goes to bed quite a bit later than the rest of the girls. Last night I decided to photograph her. Butterscotch is very much her own girl and has loads of confidence. Sometimes Topaz … Continue reading →

Today I went to a large garden centre and bought three large bags of compost that were on offer at three for the price of two. Yesterday’s bags were twenty litres but these bags were fifty litres. Today I wanted … Continue reading →

Today I went back to our local D.I.Y. store for another bag of sand. After I had bought it and was on my way out I saw a pallet of bags of compost that had been split open and were … Continue reading →

I know that I have already done a post on this recently but yesterday Peaches and Barley were dust bathing together as usual and I just find it so cute that I couldn’t help grabbing my camera again. They will … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon I was watching the girls in the run. They were all perched up as the ground was muddy after being frozen and then thawing and when I went in they all jumped down to come and see if … Continue reading →

Although we put some extra perches in the chicken’s shed the girls always perch on the main back perch. I think the side perches were used at first by the lower ranking girls because it got them away from being … Continue reading →

Since I said that I would keep adding sand to the run, one bag at a time, we have got quite busy with work and I hadn’t found the time to go and get another bag. Yesterday afternoon I finished … Continue reading →

While we are having a cold frosty spell the girls are spending a lot of time perching. I think they like to get off of the frozen ground and they often sit all fluffed up to keep warm. The one … Continue reading →

Speckles is always too nervous to join the other girls at the mash but I never worry as I know that as soon as they tire of it she moves in for her share. Every time this happens I can’t … Continue reading →