Category Archives: Chickens

Yesterday morning I did all my weekend chicken chores. I swept the patio, washed the food and water bowls and dug over the run. I opened all the panels to let the sun in. In the afternoon it started to … Continue reading →

The girls love to sit in the sun. Toffee especially loves to find a patch of sun and will stretch her wings out to soak up the rays but I just missed the shot of her on her side with … Continue reading →

Our rambling rose, Paul’s Himalayan Musk, has just reached it’s peak so I thought I would photograph it again. The rose is beautiful, the garden is lovely and the veg plot is coming on well. The weather has been sunny … Continue reading →

A few days ago I wrote a post titled  “A girl’s eye view“. This view is from the perch where Peaches and Barley always watch me whenever I am sat on the patio. I thought I would reverse this view … Continue reading →

We moved into this house nine years ago and the garden was really bare. A friend of ours had a beautiful rose in her garden which we had much admired. She gave us the same rose as a moving in … Continue reading →

I was only saying yesterday that Toffee and Emerald are often perching together or sitting together. They often sit together in the run and take turns dozing. Yesterday afternoon they were together again and Toffee usually dozes the most often … Continue reading →

Emerald has been moulting big time. Whereas Toffee is losing a steady stream of feathers and not actually looking any different Emerald is dropping masses of feathers and looking really tatty. I am picking up more feathers than poop at … Continue reading →

While poop picking the run I stopped to consider the girl’s view of the garden. I don’t know how much they appreciate something pretty to look out on but I feel it must be better for them than having a … Continue reading →

Whilst being broody Butterscotch seems able to get all the girls to lay their eggs next to her. I swear she has telepathic powers. Recently I have taken photos of Barley and Butterscotch in the nest box together and then … Continue reading →

Butterscotch is such a character. She is a serial broody but she has some funny little habits when she is broody. I lift her three times a day so that she gets a break. I have taken to setting her … Continue reading →