Author Archives: Carol

That wasn’t quite the end of Butterscotch’s first broody day. We went up to check on the girls after our evening meal as we always do. I looked in the shed and thought “uh oh, where is Butterscotch?”. She was … Continue reading →

Butterscotch has just laid twenty eggs in twenty three days with her last twelve eggs in twelve days. Yesterday by late afternoon she was sat in the nest box when I realised that she had been in there rather a … Continue reading →

Peaches moult seems to have speeded up whereas Barley is just losing the odd feather. I took this photo of them together for comparison. Barley actually looks quite pristine in comparison. This is their first moult so I didn’t know … Continue reading →

At the moment I give the girls their bedtime treat of a hand full of sunflower seeds at five o’clock. From about half past four the girls are all lined up at the the bottom of the run waiting for … Continue reading →

Speckles is moulting and has lost her tail but despite finding loads of her feathers she doesn’t look much different apart from no tail. Her feathers must have been coming through underneath the loose ones. This morning I put six … Continue reading →

We noticed this trick some time ago and I wanted to get a photo of the girls in action to do a post about it but have never managed to have my camera with me at the right time so … Continue reading →

Peaches and Barley have just started their moult and their eggs have dropped to one, from either one or other girl, about every four days with the last one laid two days ago. I think we may not get any … Continue reading →

I thought it was about time that I introduced the new girls to yogurt. I put it in four little dishes and put three on the patio area and one on the wooden block to try to encourage the new … Continue reading →

This evening when I went in to give the bedtime treats, Speckles had lost her last tail feather. I included this photo because she looks so funny face on and it’s a shot that I don’t get too often. I … Continue reading →

We have now had Butterscotch and Speckles for three weeks. They have settled quite well into the flock but are still a bit on the outside at times. Speckles is definitely very much the bottom girl and is still quite … Continue reading →