Author Archives: Carol

Mid morning when I paid the girls a visit they were in almost exactly the same positions as yesterday. Once again Topaz was the only one busy scratching. Emerald and Amber were together on their favourite little perch but the … Continue reading →

This post is dedicated to Ian, Jackie’s dear beloved husband, of forty years who sadly died suddenly yesterday. This has been a huge shock and our thoughts are with Jackie and her family at this sad and difficult time. Ian … Continue reading →

Topaz was the first girl to start her moult after her broody spell. She is the first to get her red comb back and for the last few weeks she has been practising laying. She goes into a nest box, … Continue reading →

Jackie has been trying to make up her mind for ages if the time is right for getting new girls. Finally she had made up her mind and we arranged to go and collect them this morning. We set off … Continue reading →

Due to my total frustration with the extended part of the run being constantly wet we bought the only tarpaulin we could find locally which was blue and put it over the run extension. That was eight days ago and … Continue reading →

Today was a good day because I got an update on all three of my re-homed girls on the same day. My husband went to the farm where Pepper and Dotty now live, to collect our disposables for our catering … Continue reading →

This morning was cold and frosty so I decided to give the girls a treat of a dish of warm mash. This is just their regular pellets made into a mush with warm water. It’s great because they are eating … Continue reading →

Last year Honey and Amber started laying again in February. This has got me thinking about Amber’s egg lay problem. This is pure theory but Amber has always been smaller and lighter than Honey and I often think of her … Continue reading →

We extended the girl’s run in the spring and fitted panels over the top so that they could be closed against rain but opened to allow the sun in. During the summer when it rained the panels leaked between the … Continue reading →

It will be interesting to see how many eggs we get this year. I know that Honey is quite a good layer (97 eggs last year) and that Amber has always had a problem laying her eggs (35 eggs last … Continue reading →