Author Archives: Carol

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 →

On Sunday we had a dear friend and her partner over for Sunday lunch. I decorated the table with a vintage jug of flowers snipped from the garden for a splash of colour. Our friend arrived with a bottle of … Continue reading →

The new girls have got the hang of greens and fruit but hadn’t seen mash until this morning. I put it out in three dishes. I don’t think it would matter how many dishes I put out because the new … Continue reading →

Things are always a bit of trial and error to find out what works best with chickens. We put up a high shelf for the girls to perch on because I was worried that if we had a single perch … Continue reading →

The new girls were hatched at the end of last summer so they are just under a year old. They have now been with us for a week. They haven’t been laying but I thought this may because they are about … Continue reading →