Author Archives: Carol

Recently Smoke hasn’t been so committed to staying broody. Smoke still goes broody as often but this time and last time she has come out of it after one week exactly. I have been lifting both the broody girls out … Continue reading →

Sugar has now been broody for five weeks and shows no sign of coming out of it. Yesterday Smoke went broody again. Smoke has laid ten eggs in fourteen days before going broody again. Smoke and Sugar went broody together … Continue reading →

Yesterday Salmon was looking in the nest boxes and I felt sure that she was getting ready to lay again. Flame had also been looking in the nest boxes for a couple of days and laid her first egg since … Continue reading →

Yesterday four girls were dust bathing in the sun in a row. I managed to take one photo and then before I could get closer the battery died. I do wish my camera gave me some warning when the battery … Continue reading →

I am telling this story in hindsight because while this was going on and I had taken some photos the situation with Salmon happened and that took precedence. The after effect of this story is still happening now though so … Continue reading →

This morning when I gave out some sunflower hearts, for the first time since Salmon was poorly, she joined in. Salmon gave Shadow the light peck that shows her her place and pecked at the seeds. A little later I … Continue reading →

I am so up and down with Salmon at the moment. Yesterday Salmon was stretched out in the sun and I again felt a spark of hope. Later in the day I tried to tempt her with mash and with … Continue reading →

I keep bouncing up and down with Salmon between a glimmer of hope and steeling myself for the most likely outcome. I wrote some of this in the comments but will write it here for anyone who didn’t see. A … Continue reading →

Just when I thought that everything had settled down with the flock it looks like Salmon has a problem. A few days ago we noticed Salmon was in the hunched position that usually means an egg laying problem. We wondered … Continue reading →

Yesterday Flame went broody. Flame has been laying for six weeks and has never gone broody this early in the year before. I don’t remember ever having three broody girls before. Loads of times there have been two as Smoke … Continue reading →