Author Archives: Carol

First an update on Bluebell after her broody afternoon in the nest box the day before yesterday. Yesterday Pepper and Dotty laid an egg but Bluebell missed a day and behaved as normal. It’s unusual for Bluebell to miss a … Continue reading →

I am wondering if the spring weather is making Bluebell broody. Pepper often takes quite a long time to lay her egg, often up to an hour but Bluebell, who is our most prolific layer tends to go in, get … Continue reading →

Over the last week spring has arrived at last after a long cold winter and the garden has suddenly filled with spring colour. Best of all though is the effect it has had on the chickens. The feather pulling stopped … Continue reading →

Today I got the girls some maggots. I raked a heap of wood chip and leaves then buried the maggots in it to give the girls something to scratch for. They spent a very happy time scratching for the maggots … Continue reading →

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 →