Author Archives: Carol

Emerald has been looking ready to start laying for a while now. She squats when I get near her and she investigates the nest box every morning when I clean the coop but until this morning I hadn’t seen her … Continue reading →

Yesterday, late afternoon, Honey looked unwell again. She looked as if she was going to lay another soft shelled egg. I had decided that at bedtime I would help her to the perch again and settle her in the nest … Continue reading →

While my husband was doing a bit of tidying in the garden he decided to prune our rather large rosemary bush. He put some of the branches in the run for the girls. Being quite tough we think they will … Continue reading →

I recently noticed that another of the plants I put in the chicken run last year has died. I think with all my efforts to keep the run dry that maybe it didn’t get enough water. I decided to dig … Continue reading →

I have been certain for a while now that Honey and Amber are getting ready to lay again. Yesterday afternoon Honey looked unwell. It was a very familiar sight to me because it was just the same look Amber always … Continue reading →

After only getting an average of two eggs a week for the last month and saving them for the Sunday breakfast suddenly there has been an upswing. We now have four out of eight girls laying and the other four … Continue reading →

My friend Jackie rang me to tell me that someone had dug some turf out of the allotment and we arranged to go and collect it this morning for our girls. Jackie said one of her friends had also said … Continue reading →

This morning when I went out to poop pick the coop I actually remembered to take my camera with me and the girls didn’t disappoint. As soon as started to clean the coup the girls came running. Well Barley is … Continue reading →

Spring fever is definitely in the air. This morning while I was poop picking the coop it was Honey’s turn to sit in the nest box. She was then joined by Amber. Emerald came in to watch then Peaches and … Continue reading →

Last summer Sparkle was my best layer. She laid four or five eggs per week throughout the summer and was last to stop laying and begin her moult. Sparkle’s eggs were the smallest of all the girls. They were the … Continue reading →