Author Archives: Carol

Yesterday Gold came back into lay after a break of nine days. At the same time both Snow and Storm went broody. We seem destined to have only two girls laying which is currently Red and Gold. Snow had laid … Continue reading →

Autumn came to us on 22nd June 2023 at three months old. Autumn laid her first egg on 3rd October 2023 and her last egg on 1st February 2024. She never laid again. We lost her overnight on 3rd May … Continue reading →

Last night Autumn put herself to bed early. I got her back out for the bedtime sunflower hearts. She had some sunflower hearts and then returned to the perch in the chicken shed. This was about an hour before the … Continue reading →

Snow had laid two days running. The eggs were the slightly odd shape that they have been since she started laying the odd eggs inside eggs. On the third day the weird three bits joined egg of my last post … Continue reading →

Snow had laid two days running so we weren’t expecting her to lay today. Her last three eggs have been almost normal with just a slight wobble in the shell. Her shells have a slight spiral groove in them. Then … Continue reading →

Gold has now gone broody but yesterday Red came back into lay after a two week break. Gold has laid eight eggs in two weeks since her last broody spell. It seems this year that every time a girl comes … Continue reading →

Yesterday Snow laid a hard shelled egg inside a soft shelled egg for the second time but she looked fine. Today she had the humped posture that indicates struggling with egg laying. As she had laid yesterday morning I expected … Continue reading →

Since Snow laid her weird eggs she has laid eight wobbly shaped eggs, one every other day. Yesterday was the day she should have laid her next egg. She spent a couple of hours in a nest box then came … Continue reading →

I can’t remember when we have had so many broodies in quick succession. I wonder if it’s because we have had such good weather earlier in the year than usual. Mango and Cloud have now gone broody together. They are … Continue reading →

It seems to be a constant chain of broody girls at the moment. Red went broody the day after Snow. This is Red’s first time broody so I don’t how long she will be but she seems quite determined. She … Continue reading →