Author Archives: Carol

After Amber struggled to lay her soft shelled egg six days ago, yesterday, she laid a perfect hard shelled egg. She also laid it fairly quickly and with out any struggle. It was only five days after her last egg … Continue reading →

Shadow’s story has reached a happy ending, hurrah! Jackie phoned me yesterday with great excitement to tell me that Shadow had just laid her first egg. This means no more worrying that she is a cockerel. Jackie said she had … Continue reading →

This afternoon when I went up to the girls they were having a lovely time in the dust bath. I went back for my camera and by the time I had returned Bluebell had left the dust bath and was … Continue reading →

Today was a lovely sunny day and very warm for March. My husband dug over the veg plot and dug in the girls matured manure. He then netted half of it to keep the cats off but only had enough … Continue reading →

When Amber started laying in June she seemed to really struggle with it. She laid two tiny wind eggs followed by two soft shelled eggs. I gave her limestone flour and crushed egg shells and she went on to lay … Continue reading →

At ten o’clock this morning I arrived at Jackie’s house with my dog crate to take Shadow back to Willow Court Farm in Windsor for them to take a look and give their verdict on whether Shadow is a hen … Continue reading →

My friend Jackie has had her two “new” girls for two months now. As they are maturing she is beginning to wonder if Shadow, a speckledy, is a cockerel. I have always thought that Shadow had big feet but am … Continue reading →

Now that it has been forecast to stay dry for a while I decided to remove the board that had been covering the mud at the end of the chicken run. It was a lovely warm sunny day and as … Continue reading →

Finally the weather forecast is saying the rain is at an end and we are heading for a week of sunshine. Hurrah! It is so good to see the sun and it’s making everyone smile again. It has also bought … Continue reading →

For a while the little girls didn’t seem to be getting their necks plucked but of course this turned out to be too good to be true. Over the last couple of weeks I have noticed Amber’s neck getting gradually … Continue reading →