Category Archives: Chickens

Since I put the cat box in the shed as an extra nest box, Emerald has laid every one of her eggs in there. She seems to prefer the cat box. Freckles also lays her eggs in there. Speckles laid … Continue reading →

Apricot is getting ready to start laying eggs. She went into the nest box for about an hour today. I think she is practising and hopefully this means her first egg will be in the nest box. Her comb is … Continue reading →

I am still experimenting with my new camera. When I saw two bees inside a poppy flower I thought I would see if the camera would pick this up. Yes! You can see two bees working the poppy. As I … Continue reading →

Speckles hasn’t laid an egg for two weeks now. I believe this is because she is growing her head feathers back in and like when moulting she can’t lay eggs and grow feathers at the same time. Nobody has told … Continue reading →

Yesterday we went out with friends. We started off in the pub garden with a few drinks, then went inside to eat. We had a lovely time and they gave me some birthday gifts. I received this lovely chicken mug. … Continue reading →

I have been trying out my new camera. I took some portraits of the girls. She was in the nest box for an hour and had a broody look about her. After an hour I lifted her and she had … Continue reading →

I had a lovely birthday yesterday. I decided to to treat the girls too and gave them two dishes of mash to start off their day. My lovely husband bought me a new camera for my birthday. He liaised with … Continue reading →

Against the new fence that the neighbours put up last year, the campanular on the drive looks stunning. A lovely splash of mauve. It’s my birthday and we are busy today but we are eating in our local pub tonight … Continue reading →

Emerald and Speckles have always been rather loners in the flock. Emerald and Toffee were close but after we lost Toffee, Emerald became a bit of a loner and Speckles did hang out in the chicken shelter and dust bath … Continue reading →

I can’t get over the change in the flock since we re-homed Peaches and Barley. It is so quiet, peaceful and harmonious. When I used to give corn or sunflower hearts I used to throw some the other side of … Continue reading →