Author Archives: Carol

The garden really has a feeling of summer’s end at the moment. The days are getting shorter much too quickly. This is something you are so aware of when you keep chickens as they come out later, retire earlier and … Continue reading →

This morning after the morning corn Butterscotch was trying to find the door to the closed little coops again. I shut the pop hole to the chicken shed thinking that if I could keep her out for another day I … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon when I went in to the girls Butterscotch was missing. To my surprise she was in the little coop nest box. I was surprised that she would go broody again as it was only two weeks ago that … Continue reading →

I thought that I would have another attempt to explain my flocks current complicated pecking order. Below is a diagram to try to illustrate the relationship between the girls. The arrows show which girls are above or below other girls. … Continue reading →

This morning Butterscotch was having a dust bath in the new soil, from the plant pot, that we put in the run yesterday. She was surrounded by feathers. I wondered if she had chosen the new soil as it wasn’t … Continue reading →

One of the plant pots on the patio was looking rather sad so my husband suggested tipping it the run for the girls. They have had a whole afternoon of entertainment from it. A fun afternoon for the girls who … Continue reading →

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 →