Category Archives: Chickens

My last post about our rose was a rose that was a moving in gift and therefore has been here for nineteen years. On the other side of the garden is a rambling rose with pale pink blossoms that was … Continue reading →

Cloud went broody four days ago after laying seven eggs in thirteen days. Gold went broody two days ago after laying six eggs in nine days. This morning Snow came back into lay after a break of twenty five days. … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning I gave the girls a yogurt treat. It’s always a good chance to get some group photos and they love yogurt. Red has given up being broody. It took a bit longer than usual as she was a … Continue reading →

Gold came back into lay today after a break of seven days. Red has gone broody again after only laying seven eggs in twelve days. Snow has finally given up being broody after two weeks. Popcorn has also given up … Continue reading →

I was only expecting Cloud to lay today as the other laying girls had laid yesterday so I left the nest boxes closed to keep the broodies out. I knew Cloud would let me know when she wanted to lay. … Continue reading →

I am a bit late with this post. Our fabulous climbing rose always peaks for my birthday which was on the bank holiday Monday while we were having amazing hot sunny weather. I took some photos but didn’t get round … Continue reading →

Yesterday Red came into lay after a break of ten days. Storm is very vocal so may come back into lay soon. So far she has had a break of eighteen days. Mango and Cloud have now started moulting. Last … Continue reading →

This morning I gave the girls a yogurt treat. Popcorn is turning out to be a good layer. She laid four days in a row recently before taking a day off and starting again. In other news Popcorn perched at … Continue reading →

I have got a bit behind with blogging. The loss of Silver threw me. After the two soft shelled eggs from Popcorn in my last post she then laid again a few days later and again there were two eggs, … Continue reading →

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 →