Author Archives: Carol

And now for something completely different

It’s difficult when we have new girls not to post about them every day. They grow up and change so quickly. But my husband picked me these from the allotment yesterday and I thought they were so beautiful. We also … Continue reading

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The start of integration

Today I decided to let the chicks mix with the flock and see how it would go. I first opened the hatch and directed the chicks out into the bigger part of the run as I didn’t want them to … Continue reading

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The chick’s first week

The chicks have now been with us for a complete week as we collected them last Tuesday. I open their little coup between seven and half past seven and they tumble straight down the ramp into the food dish. I … Continue reading

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Day six with the chicks

The new girls are growing before our eyes and are also growing in confidence. At first they spent a lot of time in their little coup just popping out for food, water and a quick run around. Today the chicks … Continue reading

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Day four with the new girls

The new girls have got the hang of everything really quickly. On the first night I put them to bed as they hadn’t yet worked out how to find their way in to their coop. By the next day they … Continue reading

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New girls

We have two new girls. At the beginning of August I put my name on the list with my serama breeder for new girls. She was selling them so fast that they were going out from a few days old … Continue reading

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Autumn in the chicken run

The nights are drawing in and the days are getting cooler and this has an effect on the girls. Egg laying is slowing right down. Smoke went broody, yet again, after laying eight eggs in eleven days. But this time … Continue reading

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Wild flowers and broccoli stalks

We are still harvesting so much bounty from the allotment plots. I never expected the raspberries to produce for so long and we are all three sharers still picking them. The plot below us was dug over at the beginning … Continue reading

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Corn on the cob

We had a patch of corn on the cob on our first allotment plot and we also randomly planted six in our garden. I had visions of it growing tall enough to make it’s way above the surrounding plants. It … Continue reading

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Allotment flowers

We went to the allotment this morning to pick some produce. There is so much of everything at the moment. T and C were already picking produce and T picked a small posy for me from his allotment flower bed … Continue reading

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