Author Archives: Carol

I put a bin bag over the amigos perch to deter Dandelion from perching there but it didn’t exactly work out as I planned. Dandelion perched on the back perch instead of the other side. I moved her across to … Continue reading →

Last night I managed to get the timing right. I moved Dandelion from the amigos perch to the other side just as the amigos were about to go in. I watched them with my camera at the ready. They perched … Continue reading →

I was surprised that our hollyhock has just thrown out another bloom. We planted this in spring and it’s been in bud for months. This must surely flower soon. We are interested to see what it will look like. The … Continue reading →

Last night was the fifth evening since starting to perch the amigos. I had decided to try them on the back perch but they had other ideas. To my surprise when I went to check on them they were already … Continue reading →

Eggs Much to my surprise Ebony and Flame are still laying nearly every day. Dandelion and Cinnamon are also laying so we are still getting plenty of eggs. Apart from the seramas we haven’t had girls laying this late in … Continue reading →

Because our evening meal needed my attention I didn’t end up going out to the girls until after we had eaten. It was already quite dark and the amigos were already in their heap in the far corner of the … Continue reading →

last night I went out again after dark and moved the amigos from the back corner to the perch. This time I made sure that Salmon and Vanilla were in the middle of the group. I put Smoke and Spangle … Continue reading →

For a while I have been thinking that I need to teach the five amigos to perch at bedtime. I had hoped they would start doing it on their own but instead they have moved from settling in the front … Continue reading →

My mum asked what the plant is, in my last post, with the pretty multi coloured berries. I couldn’t remember as we bought it years ago and we couldn’t even remember where we got it from so I googled it. … Continue reading →

It seems to be a really good year for berries of all sorts. When I look out of our bedroom window the roses are now a mass of rose hips. The climbing plants on the fence opposite our kitchen window … Continue reading →