Author Archives: Carol

It seems there is always something going on with the girls. This morning when I went in to clean the coop there was a broken soft shelled banty egg in the doorway and Bluebell was pecking at it. I moved … Continue reading →

Every morning when I clean up the coop the little girls come into the coop and watch me. They spend the whole of my clean up time in the coop inspecting my work and chatting away to me. Sometimes I … Continue reading →

I have contemplated adding sand to the run because it’s so wet after so much continued rain. The amount we would need to make a difference would be an awful lot of sand and impossible to carry up to the … Continue reading →

Last night we sprayed the bare skin on Bluebell’s neck with the blue spray to cover the redness. She wasn’t very happy about it and I felt bad. However this morning she was her normal self and laid her blue … Continue reading →

I don’t know why the girls are so fascinated with my feet and my boots but they do tend to follow them, stick close to them and peck at them, why, I have no idea! Sometimes I wonder why they … Continue reading →

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 →