Author Archives: Carol

The garden is so beautiful at this time of year. I have taken photos of a walk up the garden but first a quick update of chicken news. Vanilla has come out of her broody spell after only three days … Continue reading →

Yesterday Marmite came out of her broody spell just as Vanilla went broody. Marmite had been broody for twelve days. It really does seem that as one girl comes out of a broody spell the next girl goes broody and … Continue reading →

Over the last week Ebony and Flame have taken to sharing the middle nest box and I would find their eggs side by side. Vanilla also favours the middle nest box at the moment. It seemed that while just these … Continue reading →

It’s my birthday today. I am having a lovely day and have received some lovely, thoughtful, gifts. I also received a surprise, beautiful, bouquet of flowers from my eldest son, daughter in law and two year old grandson. They live … Continue reading →

The garden is looking amazing at the moment. We have had lots of sunny days and the giant poppies are amazing. Me and my mum always say that just as they reach their best the wind and the rain comes … Continue reading →

Hurrah! Smoke came out of being broody yesterday but Marmite is still broody. I knew Smoke was getting ready to come out of her broodiness because for the last couple of days she had been out in the run for … Continue reading →

The orange netting on our allotment plot has now been lowered so that it is less obvious. Overall we are really pleased with how the plot is coming along.

This morning Flame settled in a nest box. A little later she was out in the run and Marmite was sitting on Flame’s, large, white egg. I had forgotten how big Flame’s eggs are. It has been three weeks since … Continue reading →

We have been waiting to be fairly certain there won’t be any more frosts, before planting the last few things in our veg plot, which is a courgette plant and some tomato plants. We are not planting so many plants … Continue reading →

As fast as some of the broodies come out of it some more start. Our current seramas are more prone to broodiness than our past seramas. Two nights ago Flame perched at the back of the chicken shed. A little … Continue reading →