Author Archives: Carol

Three years ago when I started chicken keeping with big girls I bought an egg skelter. I liked the idea that as you add fresh eggs to the top of the skelter and take the older eggs from the bottom … Continue reading →

While visiting Jackie yesterday we took a quick trip to the allotments and picked some chard for our girls and dug up some more dandelions. The dandelions with not much root went into the run this morning for the girls … Continue reading →

Today is the one year anniversary of Bluebell going to join Jackie’s flock. This was the turning point in my flock and the outcome of this move is a happy ending all round. Pepper, Dotty and Bluebell were pulling feathers … Continue reading →

There is always one favourite nest box. It seems to be the one that is chosen by the first girl of the day to lay. After this all the girls want this nest box and the others will remain unused. … Continue reading →

We had my boys and their partners over for Sunday dinner. I cooked roast lamb with all the trimmings and our daughter in law provided the dessert. My youngest son and his partner bought us a chicken coup with bantam … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning Toffee was in the left coop trying to lay her second egg this year. Topaz was in the right coop and Peaches wanted to lay her egg. Peaches decided to join Toffee (Toffee is a safer bet than … Continue reading →

Yesterday we were out visiting family so I put one of the turfs from the allotment in the run for the girls. Peaches is missing from this photo as she is in the nest box laying her egg. When we … Continue reading →

Three days ago I gave the girls another sprout stalk from the allotment. They immediately set to work on it. Three days later the sprout stalk is pretty comprehensively stripped and yet it still gets attention before bedtime. Despite being … Continue reading →

For a while I have thought Toffee was getting ready to lay as she had started investigating the nest boxes in the mornings. Yesterday morning she sat in the left coop for a while and was scratching around in there. … Continue reading →

Yesterday we decided it was time to get the veg plot ready for planting. We dug in the green manure that we had planted on the plot and we dug in the chicken manure that has been maturing for the … Continue reading →