Author Archives: Carol

Speckles is getting a lovely red comb and wattles. Speckles is looking in the nest box. I think it may not be long before Speckles starts laying.

It sometimes seems that when ever I think things are going smoothly there is always another problem round the corner to throw a spanner in the works. Every morning when I poop pick the chicken shed I always do a … Continue reading →

Butterscotch is having a bad day. She is often sporting a spiky hair style from standing under some drips but today it was really windy and it dried like this. Last night I put the corn pot down while I … Continue reading →

Yesterday I gave the girls some yogurt as a treat. I put it in four dishes with two spaced out on the patio area and one on each of the two wooden blocks. Despite spreading them out like this seven … Continue reading →

Butterscotch was back in the nest box first thing this morning so I decided to lift her out and shut all the nest boxes. I would like to break her of being broody as quickly as possible and I hoped … Continue reading →

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 →