Category Archives: Chickens

I don’t really do much in the way of baking. I like cooking savoury meals and I can produce a three course meal for a dinner party but I always go for an easy dessert. I am not really a … Continue reading →

Dandelion has had a problem with her eggs right from the start of laying six months ago. She has always been clueless about when she is about to lay and many of her eggs have been laid in the run. … Continue reading →

The first night after we lost Rusty I thought I would try to train Freckles to sleep with Dandelion and Apricot. She was having none of it! I moved Freckles to the perch with Dandelion and Apricot. She looked across … Continue reading →

There are now a few signs of autumn in the garden. This variegated creeper has the most pretty, tiny, blue and purple berries. I love the autumn colours in the garden.

Sadly we have only had Rusty for a year. She certainly left her mark though. She was the funniest, feistiest, of characters. She was top serama or top banana as we called her and was always at the front of … Continue reading →

I have been writing this post as I go along so the title has now sadly changed from “Rusty prolapsed again” to it’s current title. The afternoon before yesterday Rusty was in the nest box for a long time. I … Continue reading →

This is, without doubt, our best year ever for courgettes. Our two plants have produced a continued abundance of courgettes and the freezer is full of various courgette dishes while I am still devising ways of using fresh ones several … Continue reading →

Yesterday I gave the girls the last two lettuces from the veg plot. The veg plot is finished now all except the two courgette plants which are still producing, albeit, smaller courgettes. Speckles was too busy playing mother hen and … Continue reading →

The garden is beginning to look autumnal. The berries on the himalayan honeysuckle are lovely and shiny at this time of year. The sedums give a lovely splash of late colour. This aster gives the chicken’s strip a splash of … Continue reading →

I am gradually harvesting the leaves from the veg plot for the girls. I thought I would give them a mix of green and purple leaves and see if they had any preference. What amused me is that the girls, … Continue reading →