Author Archives: Carol

Last night after I had done my evening clean up chores, I decided to dig the run over for the girls. They love following me with the fork as I turn up some worms for them. After we have finished … Continue reading →

I find the girls egg laying patterns quite interesting. I have an egg chart and record all the eggs. I wondered before they started laying,  if I would be able to tell Pepper’s and Dotty’s eggs apart as they are … Continue reading →

The girls love a dust bath in the afternoon or a snooze or a preening session. My girls are definitely two pairs and the odd one out, which is Bluebell. Perhaps this is why she is so hard on the … Continue reading →

Tonight I decided to stay out with the girls until bedtime to see how their routine was progressing and to see what time the automatic coop door shut. The summer is coming to an end and the evenings are drawing … Continue reading →

This morning the girls all seemed to want to lay at once and were doing a lot of shouting about it. Dotty went into the nest box and was joined by Honey but Bluebell kept going in and trying to … Continue reading →

Yesterday Bluebell laid her egg first thing in the morning, in the little coop. I kept hearing a lot of shouting after Bluebell had laid and went up to find Honey on the coop roof shouting and Bluebell blocking the … Continue reading →

Yesterday it was really hot again. It reached ninety degrees once more but is forecast to be cooler over the next week. The girls were hot, shouting about their egg laying and coming out of the nest box with their … Continue reading →

I had a change of heart and decided the series of photos of Honey and Amber drinking together, were too cute not to show. So here is the whole series. These little girls are so cute! Honey is in the … Continue reading →

It’s been really hot followed by storms and then a really wet spell. Because of this I haven’t been taking photos and haven’t had much to say about the girls. The little girls egg laying has improved, possibly because of … Continue reading →

This morning Honey was spending time on the top of the storage cabinet or on the coop roof. I wasn’t sure if it was because something had spooked her. Occasionally all the girls give the alarm call when one of … Continue reading →