Author Archives: Carol

After the awful accident with Honey yesterday I wanted to safe guard against it ever happening again. This morning she was her normal self and stuck her head through the gate just like yesterday (she hasn’t learned her lesson!). She … Continue reading →

It has rained all night or at least every time I woke up (which I do frequently) I could hear it raining. It was raining hard when I went out to the girls first thing this morning and the run … Continue reading →

Yesterday I decided to move one of the shrubs from the original part of the run to the new part of the run. There were several reasons for this move. The other shrub I put in the new part of … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon Amber looked unwell again. She has been so much better recently but yesterday afternoon she looked really poorly again and I knew another egg was on the way. I have been giving her daily limestone flour and cod … Continue reading →

The garden is now looking really full with bursts of colour. The huge poppies in front of the run are a vivid orange and in the chicken run the pink rose has just started flowering. The chickens will enjoy the … Continue reading →

Yesterday the little girls found the new perches. Topaz always jumps down when I get close so I only managed to get her just about to dismount. Once again I knew Topaz would jump down when I got close so … Continue reading →

This morning my plan worked like a dream and I don’t know why I didn’t think of it in the first place. I opened the store cabinet and as always the big girls jumped to the coop roof. I lifted … Continue reading →

I went out at half past six this morning to separate the girls. My plan was to lure them all into the little girls side with some corn then steer the two big girls back out into their side. What … Continue reading →

I started work on the run at six o’clock this morning as I wanted to get as much done as I could before delivering my lunches. I dug out the two sleepers from the run which we used to use … Continue reading →

This morning I was itching to continue working on the run. I decided to get the little girls part of the run as ready for them as I could. I closed off the gap at the patio end to start … Continue reading →