Category Archives: Chickens

Since the girls have been mixed both Popcorn and Maple have followed the flock into the chicken shed each night. They usually settle together in the corner underneath the corner perch and I move them up to the perch each … Continue reading →

It was a real blow to lose Silver at only a year old. She was not only very pretty but she had a lovely nature and was really friendly and easy to handle. She was also a good egg layer. … Continue reading →

We had Silver put to sleep today. It has been so very upsetting. Silver stopped eating altogether a few days ago. Yesterday we had stopped giving her the med’s and instead we were dropping food directly into her beak. It … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon Popcorn was running up and down the dividing wire of the section that Silver is separated in as if desperate to get in there. I suddenly wondered if she wanted to lay an egg. I let her into … Continue reading →

I am writing this in hindsight because over the last few days all my time has been taken up with trying to treat Silver. The first thing I noticed was that Silver looked hunched. She then stood up and started … Continue reading →

As always Mango and Cloud are so in sync. When Cloud stopped laying because she was broody Mango stopped laying even though she wasn’t broody. Then Mango came back in lay yesterday and Cloud came back in lay today. I … Continue reading →

This afternoon I set up a third feeding station in the bottom end of the new girls run. Then I mixed the girls together. Today they didn’t seem to be taking much notice of each other. I ended up leaving … Continue reading →

Mixing the girls has gone slower than I expected. I tried putting Mango, Cloud and Ginger on the new girls side to take the worst chasers out of the equation. It didn’t work. Gold, Storm and Silver who had taken … Continue reading →

Both yesterday and today I gave the new girls an hour with the main flock. It went about the same both days. Snow, Gold, Silver, Storm and Red took no notice of the new girls. As I expected it was … Continue reading →

Today I switched the girls on the opposite sides of the run. Maple and Popcorn immediately went down to the bottom of the run. At the end of their first week the new girls found the ladder and the branch … Continue reading →