Author Archives: Carol

I tried to hand pollinate the apple tree, in the chicken run, by using a paint brush but this experiment has failed. I had nothing to lose by giving it a try but I now know that it is a … Continue reading →

The hyacinths in my chicken bucket had gone over so I planted them in the garden. My husband drilled some drainage holes in the bottom of the chicken bucket and I re-planted it. It now has a new lease of … Continue reading →

It’s only the second day of flubenvet but Sparkle is already looking so much better. I just went up to check on them and for the first time in two weeks Sparkle is having a dust bath. This made my … Continue reading →

I love this time of year when everything in the garden is really lush. The veg plot is really getting going now. The potatoes on the left of the plot are growing really fast. The geraniums are just starting to … Continue reading →

It’s now been two weeks since we first noticed that Sparkle wasn’t well. She finished her course of antibiotics four days ago. Since she was first unwell she hasn’t had a dust bath but spends a lot of time preening … Continue reading →

Today I had arranged to see Jackie and she had told me that there were some turfs which had been dug out of the allotment and were going begging, so we went to collect them for our girls. I filled … Continue reading →

I always think a weed is just a plant that is somewhere you don’t want it to be. I think of weeds as the invasive sort that are difficult to get rid of. Sometimes a weed can be pretty and … Continue reading →

Since Sparkle hasn’t been a hundred percent she hasn’t been joining in flock activities such as dust bathing. I think that when I see her dust bath again I will know she is really feeling better. At the moment she … Continue reading →

The thing that had been worrying me most about Sparkle was that she didn’t appear to be eating during the day but this morning she joined in with the mid morning spinach then she went to the dish of mash. … Continue reading →

I picked up Sparkle this morning and my husband administered her medicine to the side of her beak. This has now become the morning routine until her medicine is finished. She seemed brighter in the morning and did attempt to … Continue reading →