Category Archives: Chickens

Red stopped laying ten days ago which was right at the time of my last post. She had laid seven eggs in two weeks. A week after red stopped laying she started moulting. Now three days later she is dropping … Continue reading →

I have fallen a bit behind with blogging but there hasn’t really been much to tell. Popcorn looked really scruffy for a while and was dropping feathers but she now looks pretty much back to normal. Maple seemed to have … Continue reading →

I worm the girls in March and September so it’s that time of year again. First an update on the egg situation. We currently have no girls laying. Maple stopped laying twelve days ago and started to moult. Popcorn has … Continue reading →

Yesterday Red went to the oyster shell. She always goes to the oyster shell the day before she lays an egg. I then realised how red her face and comb are and that she was more vocal than usual. She … Continue reading →

A few days ago Red started moulting so that means she won’t be laying again this year. Popcorn came out of her broodiness after just a few days and she is moulting a bit. It’s a partial moult for Popcorn … Continue reading →

A few days ago Popcorn went broody. She had laid fifteen eggs in twenty six days since her last, also first, broody spell. We now have only Maple laying eggs. I have kept all the nest boxes closed and as … Continue reading →

Red has gone broody after laying seven eggs in fifteen days. Snow stopped laying ten days ago and has now started moulting dramatically. Yesterday at lunch time when I cleaned up the run I picked up a huge amount of … Continue reading →

Snow has gone broody after laying nine eggs in two weeks. She usually lays eight and this is the second time she has laid nine so a slight improvement for her. At the same time Maple came back into lay … Continue reading →

Red has now come back into lay after a break of one month which was longer than usual for her. Maple seems to be taking a break and hasn’t laid for a week now. I often say that I think … Continue reading →

I have been without a laptop for two weeks. It’s probably the longest time since we first had a laptop. Luckily we have no need of it for business anymore as we are now retired but what I have missed … Continue reading →