Author Archives: Carol

After Pepper and Honey both wanted to be in the nest box at the same time, the day before yesterday, neither of them laid the following day. Yesterday evening before bedtime Honey looked unwell again. I knew this meant she … Continue reading →

This morning Amber laid her seventh egg and it was her second normal shelled egg. I have been giving the girls limestone flour and their egg shells ground to a powder in their morning mash and it seems to have … Continue reading →

We have had the bantys for seven weeks now and it’s been two weeks since they have been completely integrated. Last weekend Ambers comb was pecked but since then everything seems to have settled down and there have been no … Continue reading →

Last night before bedtime Amber looked unwell again and I knew she was about to lay another egg. She had been her usual bright self all day but at bedtime was just standing on the spot with her eyes closing. … Continue reading →

Last night from early evening Honey looked unwell. She would drink some water and sit under the bush and wasn’t her usual self. I recognise this in the bantys now, this was exactly how Amber was a few days ago … Continue reading →

Amber has laid two tiny eggs and two soft shelled eggs and when she laid the soft shelled eggs she looked really unwell. My friend, Jackie has kindly offered me some of her limestone flour to improve the egg shells … Continue reading →

We put two high perches in the run to give the bantys somewhere to escape from the big girls. They haven’t discovered either perch yet! Bluebell has found the one over the store cabinet and taken to settling there at … Continue reading →

Everything has been going really well with the girls for the past few days, then early evening yesterday, Amber looked unwell again. She was standing with her eyes closing. I tempted her to half heartedly eat a few sunflower hearts. … Continue reading →

At last I feel my little flock are properly integrating. They seem much happier and more settled. There are still times when Bluebell goes after the little girls but it’s not nearly so bad now and I am feeling more … Continue reading →

This morning the little girls looked fine again. Perhaps Amber was subdued yesterday from laying a soft shelled egg and being bullied constantly by Bluebell. Today Bluebell has been much better, an occasional go at them but not constantly like … Continue reading →