Author Archives: Carol

Mid morning I went in the girl’s run and saw about six feathers from Butterscotch. Uh oh! It looked as if she was going into the moult. By lunch time there was a pile of her feathers in the run. … Continue reading →

Today we went to the garden centre as we needed a few plants to fill a few boring patches in the garden. They had turfs reduced to a pound as they had had them a week so we bought one … Continue reading →

My girls love nothing more than a patch of sun. Honey loves to sit in the sun while the rest of the girls love to dust bath in the sun while sticking close to Honey. Any one who didn’t know … Continue reading →

I have been keeping a close and worried eye on Honey. She is snoozing an awful lot but otherwise is still doing all the usual chicken things. She feeds, poops, scratches, runs to the treats and perches on the top … Continue reading →

There seems to be an end of summer feel to the flock at the moment. None of the girls are laying, they are all either moulting or about to moult and they seem to spend a lot of time chilling … Continue reading →

As I have been finding it so easy to lift Butterscotch from the nest box and as she has no longer been showing any stress when she can’t get back in I increased the amount of times I lifted her … Continue reading →

I promise I won’t record every day but I am still learning about having a different type of broody from the perpetual broody Topaz. We had some over ripe strawberries today so I gave them to the girls. They didn’t … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the fourth day of Butterscotch being broody and we have now got into an easy routine. She is so easy to pick up which makes the whole process that much calmer and easier. If she isn’t out when … Continue reading →

Last night after the bedtime corn, Butterscotch went to her usual roosting spot on the top rung of the ladder and stayed there this time. This morning when I went out to the girls she was already in the little … Continue reading →

Today we made some new nest boxes for the chicken shed from some wooden wine boxes that we had. Butterscotch was in the nest box in her trance like broody state so I picked her up and tried her in … Continue reading →