Author Archives: Carol

I am writing this post in hind sight because I have been too upset to write it as it was happening. Yesterday, Thursday, I had to take both Spangle and Snowflake to the vets and they had to be put … Continue reading →

Since we have had three girls laying every single egg has been laid in the nest box by the chicken gate. It’s the favourite nest box at the moment despite being the least used one last year. My theory is … Continue reading →

Worming time seems to come round so quickly. I usually worm in March and September but we are only a few weeks away from March and we already have three girls laying so I decided to get on with it. … Continue reading →

We used to have difficult neighbours, next door, last time this tree was tamed. Luckily we now have lovely neighbours next door. They moved in quite a few years ago and intend to stay. This has been great for us … Continue reading →

For a while I have thought that Dot would be the next girl to lay. After being silent all winter she has become vocal again with her lovely sing song voice and her comb has grown in size and turned … Continue reading →

We trimmed Diamond’s beak in December. It has grown back really quickly and we think we will have to trim it every couple of months. I had hoped it would go longer than that but it is easy to do … Continue reading →

Today I was surprised that storm laid her first egg of the year. I was surprised because last year she only laid in May, June and July. As the breeder had said that her breed isn’t a very good layer … Continue reading →

Gold has a habit of trying to join me as soon as I open the chicken gate. I pick her up and put her back inside the gate. For the last week she has been squatting every time I do … Continue reading →

I love the togetherness of our flock. Despite being all different breeds, apart from the three seramas, the flock are always together in every thing they do. I took most of these photos while I was collecting the portraits for … Continue reading →

I thought it would be good to do some up to date portraits. Most of the girls have their pale winter combs. Slow moulting has been going on for ages. Dot seems to have been dropping feathers for a very … Continue reading →