Author Archives: Carol

Pepper has finally finished her moult. I looked back at my egg records and both Dotty and Pepper stopped laying for two months while moulting. The bantys haven’t laid for four months now and Bluebell continued laying but is just … Continue reading →

I think my girls have shown some bad behaviour today but that’s just my opinion. As far as they are concerned their behaviour is perfectly fine. It started when we had to go out and I went up and locked … Continue reading →

This afternoon I was cleaning up the run when Amber and Honey suddenly started fighting. I have seen them do this a few times before but this was the worst yet. They had their ruffs raised right up and were … Continue reading →

All the girls have been on a slow down with egg production due to their moult and shorter daylight hours. I have also noticed an odd thing happening with the size of Bluebell’s eggs. She has been moulting one feather … Continue reading →

This morning when I went into the girls everything was good and they all looked beautiful. I visited them several times again up until lunch time. After lunch both my husband and I went in to them and the first … Continue reading →

With all the continuous rain we are having parts of the run remain muddy. Luckily the middle part is dry and today the girls were enjoying dust bathing. Here you can see how muddy the run is at the veg … Continue reading →

This morning was frosty and cold and when it’s cold the girls like to perch on the branch in the run. Mid morning I went up to them and saw all three big girls on the perch but no sign … Continue reading →

When I visited my friend Jackie this week she gave me another bag of leaves for my girls which I decided to save for the weekend. Yesterday morning I tipped them in the run in a pile for the girls … Continue reading →

My friend Jackie has had her two new girls for a week now and I arranged with her to pay them a visit. Jackie has had them separated by the divider in her run but able to see and hear … Continue reading →

I have mentioned a few times lately of constant rain, mud and surrounding floods. Usually we like to walk at weekends and holiday times but this Christmas we didn’t walk at all as the rain was so constant. Yesterday was … Continue reading →