Author Archives: Carol

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 →

Last night we had torrential rain and when I went out to the chickens this morning there was a pool of water that had collected at the edge of the plastic covering, we recently put over part of the chicken … Continue reading →

We have had continued torrential rain for a while now and the chicken enclosure is turning into a quagmire. The umbrella was fine for light rain but with heavy downpours the water soon gets underneath it. The chickens have their … Continue reading →