Author Archives: Carol

Topaz is still committed to being broody. At lunch time today when I moved her out of the little coop nest box she was once again sat on an egg. For a moment I wondered if she had actually laid … Continue reading →

My husband went to the farm today where we get our disposables and where we re-homed Pepper and Dotty. While he was there he went to look for them. He started with the barn but there were no chickens in … Continue reading →

We collected Peaches and Barley two months ago at six weeks old so they are now three and a half months old. Their voices have started to change. They no longer cheap like chicks but don’t have their grown up … Continue reading →

Emerald and Toffee have been moulting for five weeks now. There has been a constant stream of feathers to pick up each morning but finally they are slowing down. They both lost their tails two weeks ago but their new … Continue reading →

Today when I got Topaz out at lunch time she went off in an angry whirl chasing the other girls away. She pecked furiously at some apple, ate some sunflower hearts and pooped. She scratched for a few minutes as … Continue reading →

I have established a routine with my angry bird now. At night  I am leaving all the coops closed. This means when the girls come down from the roosts at first light which is six o’clock at the moment and … Continue reading →

On Thursday it was the wedding day of my eldest son Steve and his beautiful bride Yu Lee. We left for Cambridge on Thursday morning at half past eight and returned home at half past four on Friday afternoon. This … Continue reading →

Three months after Sparkle started laying (back in April) Topaz laid five eggs in two weeks. She then stopped laying for the next month and I had no idea why. Topaz would go into the little coop nest box and … Continue reading →

There always seems to be some sort of drama going on in my flock. Last night I went to check on the girls just before bedtime. At first all seemed normal with all the girls on the perches in the … Continue reading →

Emerald and Toffee have been heavily moulting for weeks now but most of the other girls look ragged and ready for moulting with odd feathers starting to come out. Emerald is scruffy and still losing feathers but you can see … Continue reading →