Author Archives: Carol

With the relentless rain I have been struggling with mud in the run despite it being fully under cover. I decided to buy a bag of wood chip and put it over the ground on the part of the run … Continue reading →

We woke to a white Christmas of sorts. It was a frosty morning and when I opened the blind on our bedroom velux window I found this. It had rained in the night and the frost had made a very … Continue reading →

As a Christmas Eve treat I gave the girls some scrambled egg today. This is their favourite treat and it was gone in no time at all. Pepper is still coming through her moult so I thought the protein would … Continue reading →

The automatic coop door now closes at four o’clock in the afternoon and opens at eight o’clock in the morning. I go out to the girls at half past seven and shine my torch on the door to open it … Continue reading →

Dotty, Amber and Honey have all had piles of feathers falling from them and have now regrown their feathers and are looking really good. Bluebell seems to be moulting one feather at a time, she never looks much different apart … Continue reading →

Pepper and Dotty are dominiques which are a rare pure breed with rose combs. They are one of the oldest American breeds and very cold hardy due their comb which is not prone to frostbite and their thick layer of … Continue reading →

I know I recently did a post about the girls enjoying a bag of leaves but it is so joyful that I can’t resist briefly revisiting this. I recently met up with my friend and fellow chicken keeper Jackie and … Continue reading →

Since all the girls have been moulting they have regrown their feathers and are looking better than they have looked all summer. Due to the feather plucking habit Pepper and Dotty both had bare bottoms. Bluebell had a bare neck … Continue reading →

My husband swept up the leaves from the garden and put them in a bin sack for the girls. A few days ago we tipped them in a heap in the run. The girls soon gathered round the leaves and … Continue reading →

After moving the furniture around in the run yesterday, I wondered what the girls would make of the little coop having changed position. It’s against the back wall now with the ramp facing in a different direction towards the side … Continue reading →