Author Archives: Carol

Poor Emerald looks really scruffy and when I pick her up at bedtime (as gently as I can) she feels as prickly as a hedgehog. Unlike Emerald, Toffee looks quite neat but she has no tail. These two are the … Continue reading →

A few days ago I noticed that a hole had appeared in the chicken’s dandelion pot. I wondered why anything would want to dig in the dandelions. I pushed the soil back together with my fingers and firmed it down. … Continue reading →

Sparkle has moments of looking back to normal then she looks really poorly again. I think her problem is that she isn’t eating enough but I also know that a hen that’s not eating enough must have something wrong. If … Continue reading →

I know I have already put out photos of our rambling rose but I just can’t resist this last set of photos as it reaches it’s peak. This rose is called paul’s himalayan musk and was given to us as … Continue reading →

We had recently been considering re-homing our perpetual broody, Topaz, at the farm we got her from as she could have the chance to hatch some eggs there. I haven’t somehow been able to bring myself to ring Richard at … Continue reading →

Peaches and Barley are always together. They are a really tight pair. I could put out dozens of photos of them together but this afternoon I couldn’t resist this one as it’s so sweet. All the girls were sitting in … Continue reading →

The garden is looking really good at the moment and the veg plot is really coming on too. I know I am showing a lot of photos of this rose but it so amazing at this time of year and … Continue reading →

Toffee and Emerald are in the full swing of their moult now. Toffee has lost her tail and Emerald is looking really shabby. Topaz is still in her perpetual broody limbo. She has a lovely red comb and wattles but … Continue reading →

Yesterday we had my eldest son, Steve, his wife, Yu Lee and her mum, Ai Seng to visit for the day. We had planned a trip to Bekonscott model village as Yu Lee had wanted to visit it for ages … Continue reading →

Topaz lives to sit on eggs. Topaz doesn’t lay eggs herself (at least, she laid six eggs last year and eight eggs this year) but spends her entire life waiting for her flock mates to lay their eggs so that … Continue reading →