Author Archives: Carol

It’s been unusually hot and dry this summer. Most days this week have averaged 32 degrees/90 degrees. We haven’t had any rain since May. Parts of the country have had some rain but we have missed it here in the … Continue reading →

Yesterday Speckles laid an egg in the high nest box. This nest box is currently the favourite with the bigger girls. She hasn’t laid for two months and this is the first time she has ever come into lay after … Continue reading →

When I added some new girls to the flock I hadn’t expected to get an influx of eggs, nor a nest box problem, which I think we have now solved. After eating our own eggs for breakfast on Saturday and … Continue reading →

I think we have finally sorted out the egg laying requirements. It seems that it was both height and depth that the new girls wanted. I topped up both nest boxes with a really deep layer of shavings and the … Continue reading →

We are really struggling with the new girls getting their eggs laid. Yesterday morning Flame wanted to lay her egg. She kept going in the high nest box but would scratch around and then come out again. Once again she … Continue reading →

Thank goodness the game girls are laying their eggs on alternate days or I don’t know how we would cope. On the first day that Ebony laid she had been stressing for quite some time so I think that when … Continue reading →

We had even more difficulty with Flame finding out where to lay her egg than with Ebony. This a problem that I had never expected. Chicks or point of lay hens just seem to find the nest boxes. I am … Continue reading →

At the moment I can’t quite believe how easily the new girls have settled in. Ebony briefly chased Flame but I think that was just to show Flame that she is below Ebony in the pecking order. Now that that … Continue reading →

When I collected Ebony I was very tempted to take another girl too as the other variety of game bird the farmer had were so beautiful. We decided to stick to the plan though as we felt that two girls … Continue reading →

Last night I decided to herd Speckles and Ebony in to the chicken shed half an hour later so that it would be a quicker process. I went out at half past nine. As soon I walked towards to their … Continue reading →