Author Archives: Carol

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 →

Last Sunday I received some lovely Mother’s day flowers. Gorgeous purple tulips. I decided to take a photo and then take another one a week later to see if they open up a bit more. The single tulip in the … Continue reading →

Today Peaches was sharing a nest box with broody Butterscotch. This time there was no one in the other nest box though. The new trend seems to be to share with Butterscotch. I don’t know what Peaches was playing at … Continue reading →

Today Honey and Barley wanted to lay their eggs while broody Butterscotch just wanted to sit in a nest box. This was the result. This is good news because it means that if  we have a summer of Butterscotch going … Continue reading →

Since Butterscotch has been broody she has only taken a few seconds of dust flicking as her token dust bath. I haven’t seen her come out of the nest box on her own at all but I am getting her … Continue reading →

It’s funny how much easier it is to tell which egg belongs to which girl when there are more girls laying. When there was one egg and I hadn’t seen who was in the nest box it was really difficult … Continue reading →

During the winter when Butterscotch went broody I just closed all the nest boxes and after a few days she came out of it and continued spending her days with the rest of the flock as usual. Now though I … Continue reading →