Author Archives: Carol

Both Ebony and Flame are now laying eggs two days in a row then missing a day and then two days in a row again. I can’t believe what good layers they are. Dandelion has also laid two days running … Continue reading →

I am gradually getting the new girls used to all the treats. Yesterday I thought I would try them with mash for the first time. Mash is a great treat because the girls love the different texture but are eating … Continue reading →

The game girls have very quickly got used to the treats are keen to try anything new whereas the chicks are still wary of treats. I decided to see how some yogurt would go down. Ebony was first to try … Continue reading →

Since Cinnamon has been broody there has been a change in the bedtime habit. I close the nest box before bedtime so that Cinnamon doesn’t end up in there. Cinnamon goes to her normal spot on the perch but spreads … Continue reading →

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 →