Author Archives: Carol

Sugar was five and a half years old and we had known there was something adrift with her for the last two and a half years as she spent a lot of her time sitting but she just kept going. … Continue reading →

After a break of ten days Red is back in lay. It will be good to have her slightly bigger eggs again. We now have four girls laying. Gold is taking her time coming out of her broody spell. When … Continue reading →

The day after Snow came back into lay Gold went broody. It really has been one in and one out constantly this year. I don’t remember such a broody year as this but I wonder if it’s because we have … Continue reading →

Today Snow settled in a nest box. She had taken just under a two week break since she went broody. Next time I checked Snow was back out in the run and her egg was in the nest box. I … Continue reading →

Yesterday I felt sure that Mango would lay soon and today she did. She spent a long time going in and out of the nest box before she finally settled. When I next checked on Mango she was standing over … Continue reading →

The day after Cloud came back into lay Red went broody. This means we are back to only having two girls laying that being Gold and Cloud at the moment. I have had to supplement our eggs this week with … Continue reading →

I have been researching for ages to find somewhere I can get some new girls. I really want to add a couple of girls to our flock. I have exhausted Pippinchick for now. I like “clean” bantams, that is no … Continue reading →

I knew Cloud was getting ready to come back into lay as she squatted whenever I came up behind her. Today all the nest boxes were occupied. Broody Snow was in one and Red and Gold were getting their eggs … Continue reading →

Yesterday Gold came back into lay after a break of nine days. At the same time both Snow and Storm went broody. We seem destined to have only two girls laying which is currently Red and Gold. Snow had laid … Continue reading →

Autumn came to us on 22nd June 2023 at three months old. Autumn laid her first egg on 3rd October 2023 and her last egg on 1st February 2024. She never laid again. We lost her overnight on 3rd May … Continue reading →