Author Archives: Carol

This morning when I was cleaning up under the ladder with the girls following as usual, Bluebell hopped up onto the bottom rung. This made me think that they were ready to be encouraged onto the ladder. In the afternoon … Continue reading →

We applied the ant-peck spray on Friday, five days ago. The instructions say to reapply after five days so we sprayed them again today. It says pecking should stop within a week. I was disappointed to find there were still … Continue reading →

I bought a chicken toy back when we first had our chickens. You put sun flower hearts in it and they have to roll it to get them out. I have tried it a few times with them when they … Continue reading →

Last night we sprayed the girls with the anti-peck spray and it went a lot easier then I thought it would. We put on disposable gloves and shook the spray as instructed. I picked up Bluebell first as she just … Continue reading →

Since the girls have been feather pulling, I have been worried that they are bored. I have been giving them things to peck at, digging their run for worms and collecting the wood chip that gets scratched out onto the … Continue reading →

This afternoon when I went up to see the girls, Pepper and Dotty came running to greet me but there was no sign of Bluebell. I knew she wouldn’t be in the coop because she had already laid her egg … Continue reading →

I said right back at the beginning of this blog that the dominiques have a pea comb. Recently Pepper’s comb has been getting very dirty so I did some research to see if anyone else has this problem. I didn’t … Continue reading →

Seeing Pepper and Dotty beak to beak yesterday, brought back memories of when I first had them at only a month old. Pepper on the right and Dotty on the left. Pepper on the right and Dotty on the left … Continue reading →

I sometimes scramble some of the girls eggs in a little olive oil and water and give this to them, to give back some of their own goodness and a little protein boost. They love scrambled egg and like the … Continue reading →

Just when everything settles down nicely, a new problem arises. A few days ago I noticed that when Bluebell stretched her neck she had a bare batch on her neck. I then noticed that when Dotty stretched her neck she … Continue reading →