Author Archives: Carol

Topaz is practising laying an egg

Topaz has been very vocal for days now and has been having a twirl around in the nest boxes. This morning I thought she was actually going to lay her egg. She sat in the nest box for nearly two … Continue reading

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An update on my flock

My girls are looking beautiful after their moult. The only thing left now is for Peaches and Barley’s combs to get big and red again in the spring. All the girl’s feathers are stunning though. I am going to put … Continue reading

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An update on Jackie’s flock

Today Jackie and I met up to visit each other’s girls before Christmas. The last time we met up was a few weeks ago when Blossom was heavily going through the moult and looking quite shabby. Today she is looking … Continue reading

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Is Topaz getting ready to lay?

Yesterday at about mid day I heard what I think of as the egg shout. I was surprised because only Butterscotch is laying and she had laid late in the afternoon yesterday so this would be too early for her. … Continue reading

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Christmas comes to our house

This year we have an exceptionally busy Christmas so I have had to be much more organised than usual. Tonight we have our annual get together of twenty friends. We all club together to cover the cost and we are … Continue reading

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Butterscotch’s egg

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

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Evening and morning routines

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

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Cute egg cup

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

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Scrambled egg

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

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Catching up with Jackie’s girls

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

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