Author Archives: Carol

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 →

My girls have their own funny ways of interacting with me. As soon as I walk through the gate Dotty likes to jump onto my shoulder. As I walk near the coop she likes to jump from my shoulder to … Continue reading →

During the moult and the subsequent withdrawal of egg laying, the girl’s combs were very pale. The bantys were the first to start their moult and stopped laying four months ago. Dotty was next and stopped laying for two months. … Continue reading →

My friend Jackie sadly lost two her of her girls recently. She lost Annie just before Christmas and Rosie yesterday leaving her with only two girls. Jackie had been thinking of getting some more girls in the spring but now … Continue reading →

With all the continuing rain we are having, I decided to buy another bag of wood chip to make a thicker layer in the part of the run that the girls like to hang out most. The existing wood chips … Continue reading →

Happy New Year to everyone and their critters. My first battle of the new year and in fact ongoing battle from last year is combating mud in the run. I have never known the run so muddy in my two … Continue reading →