Author Archives: Carol

Ebony and Flame are so noisy about their egg laying, or to be more exact, their need to be in their favourite nest box. The frustrating thing is that they are so in sync at the moment. They both want … Continue reading →

Last night I decided to go out to the girls a bit later and went to check on them about ten minutes after I knew that the automatic door would have closed. All was quiet and to my surprise the … Continue reading →

All the little girls have got bedtime sorted now. Last night when we did our usual check on the girls after dinner the new girls had already made their way to the patio area. It is a good sign that … Continue reading →

Last night I delayed going out to the girls until just before the automatic door closed. To my surprise Sienna and Jasmine had perched next to Dandelion and Cinnamon so I didn’t need to move them and even more surprising … Continue reading →

I am amazed how quickly the new girls have settled in and how adventurous they have become. We have only had them a week tomorrow and yet they have now explored every corner of the run, every perch, both grit … Continue reading →

Last night once the main flock had gone to bed I moved Sienna and Jasmine to the perch with Dandelion and Cinnamon. I am going to do this each night to try to train the silkie girls to perch there. … Continue reading →

I have been feeling that the new girls were ready to integrate with the main flock but we had family staying for the weekend so I decided to leave it until they had left so that I could spend time … Continue reading →

Before we got the new girls we put new tarpaulin over the triangular part of the run. The heat wave summer had caused the tarpaulin to go brittle and crack and then one windy day chunks of it blew away. … Continue reading →

Our current breeder had told me that she often has bigger girls to sell by September. I had been waiting to get some events behind us before calling her. The wedding we catered for, a funeral, a weekend away and … Continue reading →

Our courgettes have been rather small during the heatwave and drought we experienced in June and July. August has bought rain in downpours and suddenly the courgettes are producing again. On Sunday I harvested courgettes big and small. Not bad … Continue reading →