Author Archives: Carol

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 →

I added the tiny egg to the frying pan with our breakfast eggs on Saturday morning. I took a photo but unfortunately I didn’t give the camera time to focus and it came out blurred. Because of that I didn’t … Continue reading →

We have taken out the pallet, board walk, paths on our allotment plot and replaced them with turf. The pallets became very slippery when wet and also needed lifting to weed underneath them. The turf is so much nicer to … Continue reading →

It seems that Vanilla had completely regressed to being a chick. A weird thing happened yesterday. I saw Vanilla checking out the nest boxes in the morning. I wondered if she was getting ready to lay again. It has been … Continue reading →

The night before last Flame was in the dog crate and when I checked on the girls after dark I was pleased to find that Vanilla had perched up at bedtime. This lulled me into a false sense of security. … Continue reading →

It was such a good day yesterday with Flame back with the flock and Flame and Vanilla staying apart that I thought we had cracked it. I was gutted when I opened the pop hole at bedtime and Flame went … Continue reading →