Author Archives: Carol

I did a post a while back about how much Vanilla had changed since we first got her. She started out vanilla in colour with a few honeycomb spots and has ended up mostly honeycomb coloured. Spangle has also changed … Continue reading →

Marmite finally got her first egg laid today a week after she first started practising. She had been sitting in the nest box for almost an hour so I was sure that today was going to be the day. What … Continue reading →

I haven’t so far received any chicken related gifts for Christmas although not all our family gift exchanging has been completed yet. I did however receive this gift as a thank you for feeding youngest son’s and fiancee’s rabbits while … Continue reading →

Smoke and Ebony both laid a Christmas day egg in the morning. I think this may be the first time we have have had eggs on Christmas day. Mid morning I took the girls their fish treat in six little … Continue reading →

I would like to wish seasons greetings to all my readers and good health to you and all your girls. Today I have dug the run over, swept the chicken patio, washed all the food and water dishes and made … Continue reading →

I felt sure that Marmite would lay her first egg today. She must be near to laying. She sat in the middle nest box for a while then moved to the nest box nearest the shed. She was in there … Continue reading →

I decided to try the smaller pellet dish without the tray as I figured the dish is too small for Smoke to stand and the dish would be easier to reach without the tray. Once I had established that this … Continue reading →

We have felt today that Marmite is getting ready to lay. She has been very vocal all day and has been checking out the nest boxes. I gave the girls some yogurt as a treat and Marmite was quick to … Continue reading →

I had a bit of a light bulb moment. Instead of getting a bigger plant pot tray I decided to try a smaller dish for the pellets. I have plenty of assorted dishes. A smaller dish would make it difficult … Continue reading →

Since having seramas I had been pleased how little mess there was around the pellet dish. As long as I only filled it half way the pellets stayed in the dish and there were very few  flicked out on to … Continue reading →