Author Archives: Carol

After laying her first egg yesterday, we wondered if Treacle would lay another today or if it was a one off. This morning she behaved completely differently from yesterday and showed no interest in the nest box and I was … Continue reading →

Treacle has been in the nest box all morning scratching about. I don’t know why she doesn’t just sit in there but is constantly scratching her feet. Meanwhile the other girl’s are scratching in some leaves. Every now and again … Continue reading →

I think Treacle may be about to lay an egg. Having said recently that she may not lay until spring, I have read of people getting their first egg on a snowy winters day so anything is possible. Lately if … Continue reading →

We have had so much driving rain that the outer half of the patio gets wet and muddy, especially with me and the girls walking mud onto it. The other really wet patch that has been annoying me for some … Continue reading →

My little chicken flock like to help me with my morning clean up. As I move around picking up the poop, they follow me. Yesterday as I ducked under the big perch to clean up in the corner, I had … Continue reading →

Treacle seems to have suddenly matured over the last month. As she has matured she has taken her place as top hen and she has grown much more vocal. Treacle used to be my quiet hen, quiet because she was … Continue reading →

I put in the new, bigger, round, dry dust bath about a week ago. At first I could see foot prints in it but no evidence of it being used as a dust bath. Then I could see by the … Continue reading →

Yesterday I gave the girls watermelon for the first time. I have read on other blogs how much chickens like pumpkin and thought as they are always half price after halloween that I would wait until then to get them … Continue reading →

Dotty’s latest thing is jumping on to my shoulder. Tonight when I was in with the girls before bedtime I could tell Dotty was going to jump from the ground to my shoulder again. She circles me while looking up … Continue reading →

I decided we needed a bigger dry dust bath as Treacle looked so cramped in the old one and sends most of the dust out. I bought a washing up bowl, it’s bigger, deeper and being round, a more suitable … Continue reading →