Author Archives: Carol

Yesterday I continued with Shadow’s treatment. In the morning I separated her on the top of one of the nest boxes and dropped chopped tomato and sunflower hearts in front of her and she ate some. Then we syringed the … Continue reading →

The day before yesterday Shadow was in the nest box for most of the day. She had been in there all morning so at lunch time I lifted her out and gave her some sunflower hearts. Shadow returned to the … Continue reading →

Yesterday I gave the girls their first fish treat of the new year. Smoke and Shadow are both still laying. Smoke has had a good run and I keep expecting her to go broody any day now. Smoke has been … Continue reading →

I thought it would be interesting to compare this year’s egg count to last year’s. In general our girls lay less each year with some girls as much as halving their egg number each year but there are always anomalies. … Continue reading →

I always like to give the girls treats for Christmas morning. This morning they had yogurt which is one of their favourites. I have also stocked up on some fish for them over the festive period and they have had … Continue reading →

I thought it would be good to give the girls a fish treat and get some photos as I haven’t had much to blog about them recently. Mind you no news is good news as they say and it is … Continue reading →

Yesterday we were surprised to wake up to another sprinkle of snow. Surprised because it wasn’t forecast for us. But it was also a day of blue sky and sunshine. I wanted to capture the sun on the snow and … Continue reading →

Last night we had our first snow of this winter. It snowed for about an hour and settled. This morning it was still here. I’m not quite sure why I found this a surprise but somehow I wasn’t expecting it. … Continue reading →

Three days ago Smoke went broody after laying fourteen eggs in three weeks which is quite good for her. Out of our current flock Smoke had been the only girl to lay through the winter up until now. We only … Continue reading →

The girls are all coming through the moult although I am still picking up some feathers each day. I have noticed that their feather colours change slightly with each moult. Spangle is the most changed of all but the other … Continue reading →