Author Archives: Carol

Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day Mum xx. Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers. It is a strange Mother’s Day with the current situation meaning no socialising. My Mum is in Norfolk so already at a distance. I am in the south east, … Continue reading

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Two broody girls

The day before yesterday Marmite laid and then yesterday she went broody. Marmite has laid fifteen eggs in twenty eight days compared to Smoke who laid thirteen eggs in seventeen days. Smoke is the best, little girl, layer and the … Continue reading

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A chicken worry that has passed

A few days ago we noticed that Marmite was looking poorly. She spent all day in one spot. Her stance was, the humped tail look, that seramas have when all is not well and her eyes were closing. I didn’t … Continue reading

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Coronavirus

Every single blog I follow is talking about Coronavirus and I have so far held off mentioning it but it has come to the point that I can’t any longer. This is having such a huge impact. For us as … Continue reading

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Salmon has laid a proper egg

I thought that Salmon was getting ready to lay as she was at the grit yesterday and quite vocal and once again went in the nest box by the gate for a few minutes. Yesterday Marmite laid her egg at … Continue reading

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A mystery solved

This morning I found another tiny egg in the chicken shed. I now know that it is Salmon laying them. Yesterday afternoon Salmon was very vocal and sat in a nest box for a few minutes then gave up. I … Continue reading

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A dust bathing session

For the first time in ages we had some sunshine today. It sparked off a massive dust bathing session. It was lovely to see all of the girls enjoying a dust bath. Spangle and Salmon were so close together that … Continue reading

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This and that and a bit of everything

I planted some savoy cabbages at the allotment late last summer as they were reduced to a pound to get rid of them. I thought it was probably too late for them to come to anything and it was. They … Continue reading

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A new chair for the sitting room

Six weeks ago we bought our new leather settee for the sitting room and started looking for a leather chair to go with it. It didn’t matter about matching it as the other chairs already in our sitting room are … Continue reading

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All is well in the chicken run

I realised that I haven’t put out a post in a while. There were a few more posts as egg laying commenced and then there really hasn’t been much happening which is certainly no bad thing. I can do without … Continue reading

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