Author Archives: Carol

Anyone who has chickens will have experienced the trance stare. Two girls will be staring at each other and will be as still as statues. I think it is probably a pecking order thing and they are waiting to see … Continue reading →

This morning we were surprised that Sparkle was sitting in the nest box. After her soft shelled egg the day before it seemed unlikely that she would lay again so soon. Once again when Toffee wanted to lay her egg … Continue reading →

Yesterday was a dramatic day in the nest boxes although I could say every day has it’s dramas. Yesterday was quite typical but I don’t always take photos or report about it. One of the less usual things yesterday was … Continue reading →

I had to get all of that into the title as I didn’t want to set off alarm bells. Stress is definitely one of the factors in feather pulling. This year, Mid March, Honey struggled at the start of laying. … Continue reading →

It’s been over a week since Amber went and I have just realised that in that time I haven’t taken any photos of the girls or posted about them. Somehow I just haven’t felt able to. After my post about … Continue reading →

Yesterday we completed planting the veg plot. The forecast for the over night temperature  is a bit higher than it has been lately so we feel reasonably confident that we are past any frosts. The broad beans and leeks were … Continue reading →

When we had the chicken run built we had it built with the existing large shrubs and the apple tree left inside it. We planted the apple tree when we moved here eight years ago. The apple tree produced more … Continue reading →

Today Jackie and I arranged to see each other and we went to the allotments to pick a bagful each of dandelion leaves for our girls. Jackie said she had my birthday present but couldn’t wait for my birthday (which … Continue reading →

It’s been hard to get back to my blog after losing Amber. It’s odd when I go in the run and do a head count to see who is laying and count seven instead of eight. It’s odd in the … Continue reading →

This has been a difficult post to write. I was shocked to find Amber dead this morning. At first light I could hear Peaches and Barley shouting. I couldn’t decide whether to go out and investigate but as they lay … Continue reading →