Author Archives: Carol

Flame always moults in the same way. She always loses her tail at about half way through her moult. It completely changes her shape. I always think she looks like a giant quail. I was trying to capture her current … Continue reading →

We are experiencing an unusually hot spell at the moment. Late this morning I saw that Storm had her beak open and was panting. Being black feathered she is more likely suffer from the heat. I decided it was time … Continue reading →

Moulting is now in full swing in the chicken run with Flame dropping the most feathers. As always she has suddenly lost most of her tail feathers. It has now been three days since the flock stopped having tylan in … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the last day of tylan for the flock. Today I thought I would give them a treat of probiotic yogurt to help restore some of the good bacteria. I have also put some vitamins in the water. I … Continue reading →

Flame seemed to be back to normal for three days and we thought the crisis had passed. It was very upsetting to see the next day that Flame had her eye closed again and was back to sitting with her … Continue reading →

There have been several times when I thought that Gold was going broody and it was a false alarm. This time though she is definitely broody. I felt it was coming as over the past week Gold has gradually spent … Continue reading →

Flame has now had two full days without her eye drops and I haven’t seen her close her right eye at all. She looks back to normal. The last time we missed just one eye drop her eye started closing … Continue reading →

This morning I put Flame back in the run. At first I left the nest boxes closed but when she showed no sign of going towards them I opened them and she took no notice. She is through her broody … Continue reading →

We thought Flame was better and stopped giving her the eye drops on Friday. Yesterday when I lifted her for a break from the chicken shed at the end of the day she had her right eye closed again. I … Continue reading →

I haven’t seen flame close her eye since last Sunday when she went broody. It was an inconvenient time for her to go broody as it’s made it more difficult to watch her. I have tried when possible to spy … Continue reading →