Author Archives: Carol

Butterscotch is my star winter egg layer. She laid at first light this morning after missing a day yesterday. For a bantam girl her eggs are a good size. They are only fractionally smaller than a medium shop bought egg. … Continue reading →

I have done a few posts on getting the bedtime perches to the right height. I knew there was a problem when I went out to the girls at first light and the automatic door was open but none of … Continue reading →

At the weekend we visited some antique shops. We are always on the look out for bargains to add to our vintage crockery collection and we enjoy browsing the antique shops. We found a few bargains and I also found … Continue reading →

Scrambled egg is the girls very favourite treat of all. It goes so quickly that it’s almost impossible to photograph. I gave the girls this treat this morning. I put it in four small dishes and the only way that … Continue reading →

Today I visited Jackie’s flock, we collected some greens from the allotment for our girls and then she visited my flock. Jackie had sent me a photo of Blossom (used to be my Bluebell) during her first really heavy moult. … Continue reading →

The days are getting noticeably shorter. Last week the automatic door was closing at quarter past four and opening at quarter past seven. Last night the door closed at four o’clock and this morning it didn’t open until quarter to … Continue reading →

A few days ago my husband called me out to the garden to show me two Red kites in the top of the tree behind our garden. We see them overhead every day but have never seen them perched in … Continue reading →

After four months in our flock Speckles has at last got used to me. She is still the most nervous girl around her flock mates but she now runs to me with the rest of the flock. She now takes … Continue reading →

I have been digging up just enough potatoes and leeks all summer as we need them but decided it was time to dig the rest up before winter. There were a couple of potato plants still to dig and  half … Continue reading →

Butterscotch is an amazing girl! She is so regular in her laying pattern. She lays for three weeks, goes broody and takes a break for two weeks, then starts laying again. I really wasn’t sure she would start again this … Continue reading →