Author Archives: Carol

Not only were all three nest boxes occupied at once but occupied by seven girls. Our flock seems to be diminishing! This morning there were only two girls out in the run and that was Spangle and Shadow. Two broody … Continue reading →

Smoke has now gone broody as well as Sugar. Smoke has laid eleven eggs in fifteen days which is her average before going broody. I can’t believe I said recently that for the first time in a long time all … Continue reading →

Since Shadow and Sugar started laying I have wondered if one of them would be a broody girl. Shadow started laying earlier than Sugar and once she hit her stride she proved to be a really good layer. I thought … Continue reading →

All the girls love to dig holes but Smoke is our current most avid digger. I say current because back in the day that title went to Cinnamon. Cinnamon was our smallest girl but had big feet and we soon … Continue reading →

I have always removed the top from our soft boiled eggs with a knife. A swift side ways cut through the top and remove. However with the little serama eggs it’s a little more difficult. I think because they are … Continue reading →

Over winter while our girls weren’t laying we were having a soft boiled egg and toasted soldiers for breakfast one day a week. It became one of my favourite breakfasts. I hadn’t often done this with our girls’ eggs because … Continue reading →

The girls have really got into their egg laying stride. Even Ebony is now laying again. Ebony laid an egg three days ago followed by another one yesterday. I am glad that Ebony is laying again. It’s not because we … Continue reading →

I have to warn that this will be long. We had Speckles for so long that there is a lot to say about her and I have lots of photos of her. I spent all yesterday afternoon going through photos … Continue reading →

Speckles was our oldest girl and we knew that the day would come when we would lose her. What we didn’t expect was for it to be now. What I would have expected was a gradual slow down. Speckles was … Continue reading →

Flame seems to like sharing a nest box. If another girl is in a nest box Flame will always choose to share. Today Sugar was in the nest box first. Flame was making the mournful sound that she always makes … Continue reading →