Author Archives: Carol

Last year the girls started going into the coup at bedtime around the middle of September. At the moment they are still roosting on the high perch and I lift them down each evening and shut them in the coop. … Continue reading →

Yesterday Honey lost most of her tail during the morning. When I went back in at lunch time the first thing I saw was a long, dark, banty tail feather. I looked for Honey and sure enough, there she was … Continue reading →

I had only just finished my post on Amber losing her tail when I went back into the girls and found several more banty tail feathers. I then saw that Honey has only one remaining tail feather. The feathers are … Continue reading →

As the moult continues I am picking up long, dark, banty tail feathers and I suddenly realised that Amber has lost her tail. Honey’s tail is getting thinner too. What a scruffy little girl Amber is at the moment. She … Continue reading →

This morning I put two wedges of pumpkin and some of the seeds, in the run for the girls. The bantys were the first to investigate but the other girls quickly followed. The seeds proved the most attractive and they … Continue reading →

I had a rather pathetic small pot of parsley and as it is summers end I decided to give the parsley to the girls. I knew it would only last a few moments but thought they may as well have … Continue reading →

Last year I read about people giving their girls pumpkins and thought it looked fun. It keeps the girls occupied and they are full of goodness for them. I had seen piles of pumpkins at half price after Halloween on … Continue reading →

My girls have all been in the full swing of their first moult. Their eggs slowed down but with moulting and shorter daylight hours, what surprised me was that they actually continued to lay. The bantys who are in full … Continue reading →

As I mentioned in my last post I managed to get a truly horrible photograph of Bluebell yesterday. It’s the most horrible chicken photo I have taken yet and I was just about to delete it when something stopped me. … Continue reading →

The girls have been moulting for less than two weeks yet it seems much longer. I have got used to picking up loads of feathers from the coop each morning but it is now slowing down. The bantys started two … Continue reading →