Author Archives: Carol

Speckles has been moulting forever! She has also had a really poor year as far as egg laying goes. Last year she laid 27 eggs which isn’t a great total. This year she has only laid 12 eggs. In March … Continue reading →

Ebony and Flame are so in sync with their egg laying that they both want their favourite high nest box at the same time. Ebony takes longer to lay her egg than Flame does so sometimes Flame joins Ebony in … Continue reading →

Yesterday we took a trip to Whitehouse Farm. This is where we get our disposables and is also is where we have rehomed some of our girls in the past. We rehomed Peaches and Barley at the farm last spring, … Continue reading →

I love the late summer colour our sedums bring to the garden but ours would always fall open leaving a bare centre. In spring my husband had the idea of giving them some support. We found what he was looking … Continue reading →

The five amigos definitely like high up places. These little girls are very flighty and love to be high up. We got these girls three months after the silky girls so I am guessing that they are about three months … Continue reading →

I am writing this post in hindsight because we thought there was a problem with Dandelion and then it passed but I hadn’t got round to writing about it. Last Tuesday I could see that Dandelion didn’t look happy. She … Continue reading →

Last night when we checked on the girls after our evening meal several of the amigos were on the perch in their bedtime corner. Dandelion was also on this perch with them. By the time I had gone back indoors … Continue reading →

I worm the girls, the recommended, twice a year.  I do this in March and September. I find the easiest way is to add the flubenvet powder to mash. All my girls have always loved mash so it’s an easy … Continue reading →

The five amigos are so adventuress. They have now discovered all the perches in the run. The last perch to be discovered was the one above the hatch. Once one of them finds a new spot the rest follow. They … Continue reading →

The five amigos move up to the patio area as it gets near to bedtime. They also seem to like to get a bit higher up than floor level. At this stage they do a lot of jumping up to … Continue reading →