Category Archives: Chickens

When we moved here nine years ago there wasn’t much in the garden. There was the concrete garden path which zigzags up the garden. It was rather ugly but practical. It would have cost money we didn’t have to change … Continue reading →

I wanted to give this post a positive title rather than a negative title because happily I feel completely in control of red mite at this stage of chicken keeping. I didn’t really want to write this post because I … Continue reading →

The girls love chilling in the sun together and I love the way they stretch out their wings in the sun. Emerald, while moulting, prefers to sit in the shade and is as usual on the other side of the … Continue reading →

I am just realising how many different roses we have in our garden. This is a rose that was in the garden when we moved in but it was hidden behind the shrubs. We pruned back the shrubs to allow … Continue reading →

Emerald has been going through a tough moult but she is now coming out the other side. She is still dropping feathers but many more have grown back in and she looks almost back to normal. At her worst her … Continue reading →

Butterscotch is looking good. She is nearly fully feathered at last. She has now been laying over a seventeen day period (twelve eggs) so will probably go broody again soon. I just hope that doesn’t mean she will start moulting … Continue reading →

A few years ago I took up hula hooping as a form of exercise. I graduated from a light beginners hoop to a heavy exercise hoop. After a while I fell by the wayside. I found it tedious to hula … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon the girls were snoozing together in the sun. All is very calm and chilled in the chicken run at the moment. I hope I am not tempting fate!

I was going to update on the rest of the garden roses when they reached their peak but got too busy and now they are just going past their best. I decided to do this post before they went over … Continue reading →

There has been no time for my usual bog posts this weekend as we catered for a wedding yesterday. It was an afternoon tea on our vintage crockery for a hundred people. I only managed a couple of photos because … Continue reading →