Author Archives: Carol

Today I looked for a suitable plastic tray for the girls to have water and peas in. I found that a cat litter tray was too small and too deep, washing up bowls the same, but then I found a … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the hottest day yet. We had been forecast possible storms. The air was heavy and still and we had a little thunder but no relief. In the afternoon, Pepper was in the little coop trying to lay her … Continue reading →

For some time, at bedtime, the big girls have settled on the high perch and the bantys on my little chair which hangs under the roof. For the last three nights the positions have changed. The bantys have been on … Continue reading →

It’s unusually hot here for British summer. We often only get a few days to a week of warm weather at a time and twenty one degrees celsius or seventy degrees fahrenheit or a little above is usually the top … Continue reading →

For quite some time my son, Steve, has been saying that we should put the girls portraits on the side bar of my blog. I like the idea but have held off as the girls look so tatty from the … Continue reading →

Yesterday evening I spent some more time working on the run. I had forked the whole run over a few days earlier but there were lots of hard clods of earth. The big girls, especially Bluebell, have big strong feet … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon the little girls were really going for it in a dust bath. I think perhaps it was too hot for the big girls. Once again I have good and bad news on the feather pulling. The bad news … Continue reading →

It’s summer in the chicken run and the hypericum is in full flower. It fills the corner of the run and is so tall that it now reaches the top of the run. I have had to prune it back … Continue reading →

Hot summer weather has arrived at last. Sunday was the hottest day of the year so far (high seventies) and after a washed out summer last year it was the hottest day that the chickens have yet experienced. They didn’t … Continue reading →

Amber really hasn’t got the hang of egg laying yet. Today I had been in with the girls and left them for a very short while. When I returned Amber had again laid her egg in the run. It was … Continue reading →