Category Archives: Chickens

We put the metal arches in, up our garden path, to hold our roses, honeysuckle, clematis and jasmine, when we first moved here, ten years ago. We bought the metal arches because they were the cheapest option at the time … Continue reading →

The rose at the top of the garden is much more manageable, since we gave it a hard prune in spring, ready for the new fence. I think it actually shows the blooms off better. The fence has gradually all but … Continue reading →

Emerald has been moulting heavily for the past couple of weeks. I wasn’t sure about Speckles though as she was still growing some feathers from where she had been plucked but for the last few days she didn’t look happy. … Continue reading →

The apple tree in the chicken run was still surviving, much to my surprise. Below are the three amigos showcasing the apple tree. You can see that there have been a few nibbles at the leaves. My husband saw Cinnamon … Continue reading →

Every year our foxgloves self seed around the garden. Some of them turn up in the veg plot and I transplant them around the garden. Most of them are a dark pink colour but just a couple of this years … Continue reading →

Today was even hotter than yesterday. It is now the hottest June day for forty years. It’s as hot as the memorable summer of 1976. I remember it well as it was the year I did my exams. It was … Continue reading →

The last few days have been 90 degrees f (32 degrees c) which is unusually hot for us. It’s the hottest June for twenty years and the hottest days of the year so far. The one thing I have learned … Continue reading →

At the moment we have just the little girls laying. They are all laying approximately every other day. Below are the last six day’s eggs. Rusty’s and Freckles eggs are round and beige. Cinnamon’s are oval and beige. Dandelion and … Continue reading →

Emerald is dropping feathers all around the run. There are lots of feathers under her roost spot each morning. Her under feathers, the one on the left, now have a lot of white on them. Her outer feathers, the one … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the hottest day this summer so far and this time Rusty, and, Dandelion and Cinnamon were in the sun with their beaks open. This is my first summer of having seramas and I am beginning to think that … Continue reading →