Category Archives: Chickens

When the laying girls have laid I have been closing the nest boxes but Cloud is quite determined at the moment. I knew Red needed to lay so had to leave the nest boxes open. I took one photo from … Continue reading →

Cloud has now gone broody. She has only laid seven eggs in eleven days. I lifted Cloud out of the nest box and she didn’t move. Her feathers are raised and her eyes look manic. I am surprised she has … Continue reading →

Gold went broody two days ago. She isn’t determined at all though and after two days she is over it. Snow on the other hand has been broody for a week. She is the most determined broody of our current … Continue reading →

When I opened the new girls’ little coup Popcorn was the first to venture out. This gave me the chance to get a good close up photo. I opened the hatch and closed the side gate so that they had … Continue reading →

The day before the new girls arrived Silver was the only girl to lay. We are on an every other day cycle with egg laying at the moment. The day the new girls arrived we had another, six egg, day. … Continue reading →

My new girls arrived at half past one today. They are a gold sebright who I have called Maple and a gold pencilled wyandotte who I have called Popcorn. Maple looked like she would like to get in the other … Continue reading →

After I posted about our first, six egg day, of the year which was the day Mango laid her first egg of the year we had one egg the following day which was followed by our second, six egg, day. … Continue reading →

I knew that Mango was going to lay today. She was much more vocal than usual. She kept going in and out of the nest boxes and was scratching around and throwing out loads of pine shavings. A bit later … Continue reading →

Gold came back in to lay two days ago. She had taken a break of ten days. Cloud is now squatting as well as Mango. Cloud started squatting a couple of days after Mango started squatting. These two are always … Continue reading →

Red went broody two days ago just as Gold came out of her broody spell. Red had laid nine eggs in nineteen days. Ginger, Silver and Snow are all laying every other day. Storm is laying on average once a … Continue reading →