Author Archives: Carol

Dotty missed laying an egg yesterday after the soft shelled egg the day before but laid a normal egg this morning. Dotty was the only one to lay today but both Pepper and Bluebell had a record egg laying run … Continue reading →

Pepper laid an egg this morning and it was back to normal so hopefully yesterday was just a glitch. This is her sixth egg in a row which is the most in a row she has laid so far. Bluebell … Continue reading →

Much to my surprise this morning when I went out to the girls just after first light, I found two soft shelled eggs on the floor of the coop. They were Dotty and Pepper’s eggs. I would say that Pepper’s … Continue reading →

The weather has warmed up and for the second day running I haven’t seen any feather pulling or found any feathers in the run hurrah! I can’t believe after all my stressing about this and trying everything I could think … Continue reading →

After a long really cold spell, at last the weather has changed and today was warm and sunny. It was also the first day in ages that I haven’t seen any feather pulling and haven’t picked up any feathers from … Continue reading →

I am doing all I can to keep the girls busy but they are still feather pulling. It seems to happen most in the dust bath. As soon as Dotty or Bluebell settle into a dust bath, Pepper will sit … Continue reading →

Recently both my boys and their girlfriends paid us and the chooks a visit. They know the problem I have with the girls plucking each other but all agreed that the girls look happy and healthy albeit scruffy and bare … Continue reading →

Yesterday I cleaned out the chicken coop and decided to give the girls the pine shavings to scratch in, they have been thoroughly poop picked every day. Firstly I emptied the nest box in a heap. Then I emptied the … Continue reading →

The chooks now prefer their cabbage from the ladder than on the ground. They have also been enjoying corn on the cob from there too. It’s probably because it is hanging so that they can pull at it. I have … Continue reading →

I thought we may have turned a corner with this but sadly it’s still happening. Last weekend we had a couple of sunny days for the first time in a while and I spent a lot of time in with … Continue reading →