Author Archives: Carol

Last night the girls went in the chicken shed and all spent time looking up as if wondering where the high perches had gone. There was much squabbling with Toffee and Speckles being forced out a few times before they … Continue reading →

I have been taking photos each evening since we put in the higher perches to monitor how the girls were getting on with them. Honey seems to favour the spot by the window. Once Butterscotch comes in she goes to … Continue reading →

The round table under the big bush is one of the girls’ favourite places to hang out. There are usually one or two girls on it and sometimes four or five. But when it rains this table gets wet and … Continue reading →

Every night there is a battle to see who can get on the high perches and who gets stuck on the top rung of the ladder. We hear a lot of clunking about and then usually a squawk and then … Continue reading →

It’s been raining all day today. Half the run stays properly dry and half the run gets wet from rain coming in at the sides and dripping in from above in a few spots. All the girls managed to stay … Continue reading →

We had a few lettuce in the garden and I decided to give them to the girls as I thought that if I didn’t use them soon there may be a frost and then they would be ruined. I gave … Continue reading →

Most of the girls are not looking bad now that they are nearly through their moult. Honey though, was the last to begin her moult and she is looking the most shabby of all. Honey seems to look worse this … Continue reading →

My friend Jackie gave me a bag of autumn leaves for the girls as well as bag of greens from the allotment for them. Yesterday afternoon I tipped the autumn leaves in the run for them to scratch through. As … Continue reading →

On 28th July of this year I added Butterscotch and Speckles to my flock. Speckles started her moult within days of being with us and her tail promptly fell out. Because of this I delayed adding the new girls to … Continue reading →

I decided to get rid off the apple tree in the chicken run. The run was built around the existing apple tree but since the tree has been in the run it has never produced any apples as the weld … Continue reading →