Author Archives: Carol

Although this is a garden post today I thought I would just update on Sugar first. Sugar is now over her broody spell after four nights in the dog crate. After three nights I thought that Sugar was through her … Continue reading →

This time Sugar has laid only eleven eggs in thirteen days and gone broody again. She laid her last five eggs five days running. It seems that she is going to be another serial broody. This time I decided that … Continue reading →

I know that our chicken run is secure. I know that the girls can’t get out and nothing bigger than the weld mesh squares can get in. And yet I still have moments when I can’t see a girl and … Continue reading →

We have had a strange spring this year. April was a dry month with many more frosts than usual. We lost our large and mature rosemary and sage. This was followed by a very wet and cold May. Our climbing … Continue reading →

Recently I had noticed that Sugar’s comb had become red again and she has been more vocal. I wondered if she was getting ready to lay again. Sugar laid yesterday and again today. Her eggs are quite large for serama … Continue reading →

Since Smoke started laying after her last broody spell she has laid ten eggs in twelve days and then gone broody again. She seems to be going broody sooner than ever. I am so fed up of the constant broodiness … Continue reading →

We now have a broody free flock and it’s lovely. It only took two days of closing the nest boxes but leaving the chicken shed open for the egg laying girls. Salmon showed no interest in the shed and she … Continue reading →

Yesterday I left the nest boxes open and Sugar took no notice of them so in the evening I left her with the flock. When I checked at dusk I was really pleased to see that Sugar was perched with … Continue reading →

Sugar has now been broody for more than six weeks. I am starting to worry about her. Her comb has gone from red to a pale, slightly grey, colour. To look at her comb she looks like an unwell chicken. … Continue reading →

Over this last year of lock-downs I have done so many jigsaw puzzles. More than I have ever done before. I have become quite addicted to them, especially during bad weather, when we can’t get outside much. With so much … Continue reading →