Category Archives: Chickens

We have had a few frosts lately so my husband decided to dig up the allotment chard before the frosts got it. It had survived so far because the netting had protected it from the frost. By digging it up … Continue reading →

We have good friends and neighbours in both houses across the road from us and have regular get togethers. We have lived in this house for seventeen and a half years. The neighbours opposite on the right have lived here … Continue reading →

I always give the girls greens every day. Most of the time I give them spinach but in the summer they have any of the greens from the allotment that are either abundant or have gone to seed. Today they … Continue reading →

I worm the flock twice a year in March and September. I am a bit late this time. I have been waiting for Sugar to get through her broody spell before starting as she eats very little when broody. She … Continue reading →

Sugar has stopped laying after laying only five eggs in nine days. She hasn’t followed her normal broody pattern. She usually lays six eggs then is broody, staying in the nest box after laying and puffing herself up and when … Continue reading →

Snow, who was recently our only egg layer, went broody two days ago. She had laid thirteen eggs in three weeks. Today Sugar has come back in to lay after a three week break. Sugar will only lay six or … Continue reading →

Since I started spraying Autumn’s legs and feet every night with the “healthy legs and feet” spray she has healed nicely. She pecked two more small spots after that but now hasn’t pecked her legs for a week. I suddenly … Continue reading →

I think at last Autumn is on the mend. I have been using another spray on her each evening. Once she is perched at bedtime it’s easy to lift her and spray her legs and feet. I have been using … Continue reading →

A few days ago I saw a frog in the garden. I haven’t been able to identify it despite googling it. It was quite big, about three to four inches long. I only managed this one photo before it jumped … Continue reading →

Sugar went broody two days ago after laying seven eggs in eleven days. That’s one more than last time. She is back in the broody crate over night for two or three nights. Storm is still laying. Snow came back … Continue reading →