Category Archives: Chickens

When we moved here, nine years ago, there was an established miniature lilac tree in the garden. I call it miniature because it wasn’t a full sized large lilac tree but was about six foot tall, fully grown, with small … Continue reading →

Emerald always jumps on the inner gate when I open the outer gate to the run and Speckles would jump on me as I went through the gate. Speckles has now developed a slight change in her habit. She too … Continue reading →

We have been working on this garden for nine years now. When we moved in it just had the concrete path and a lawn. Bit by bit we took the lawn out and planted. We put the arches in and … Continue reading →

A few days ago we took a branch off of our pear tree because it had grown out at a strange angle and was looking unattractive. When we had the apple tree in the run the girls used to like … Continue reading →

A few days ago Emerald had been in the nest box for much longer than usual. I wondered if she was feeling broody. She has a manic gleam in her eye.  After checking on her several times I decided to … Continue reading →

My youngest son and his partner moved house a few days ago and yesterday we went over to see the new house. We knew that they had a large decking area and a lawn so decided to take them a … Continue reading →

Last Saturday we visited my eldest son and his wife for the day, in Cambridge. Before we left I gave the girls some corn cobs to keep them occupied while we were out, along with apples and some spinach. The … Continue reading →

I have talked recently about the girl’s individual habits so I thought it was about time I showed Toffee’s habit. Toffee absolutely must be next to the side of the chicken shed when roosting for the night. She always goes … Continue reading →

It was our wedding anniversary a week ago and my husband bought me a lovely bunch of rainbow coloured tulips. He thought they would make a change from the usual roses and I loved the colours. I decided to photograph … Continue reading →

Before Christmas there were some builders working on a house opposite us. We asked them if they could repair the brickwork on our front wall. They dropped a spade, a bag of cement and a bag of sand on to … Continue reading →