Category Archives: Chickens

An update on Butterscotch’s feathers

We are crazily busy with business this week and I am just not having enough time to blog  as I would like. I have photos and posts in the pipeline but no time to get them written at the moment. … Continue reading

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Chilling in the sun

Yesterday all six girls were enjoying a huge communal dust bath in the sun. A bit later my husband said all six girls were chilling together. I went up with my camera to try to catch them. It was so … Continue reading

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Emerald and Speckles funny habits

I have talked a bit recently about some of Emerald’s funny habits. Emerald and Speckles are the two girls that have their funny habits firmly entrenched in their daily routine. They are the most predictable and interactive with me. Yesterday … Continue reading

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Emerald’s egg

Emerald is laying really well at the moment. She generally lays every other day and lays four or five eggs a week. Emerald has a few unique traits and one of them is that she often gets a bit manic … Continue reading

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Butterscotch is getting feathered at last

It seems to have taken forever for Butterscotch to get her head and neck feathers in but at last her pins are opening. I took a set of photos a few days ago to demonstrate this but I had other … Continue reading

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A little bit of scrambled egg

Yesterday Barley laid her egg too close to the ramp again. Once more it had rolled down the ramp on to the patio and cracked. I scrambled it and dotted it on top of a dish of mash. Is this … Continue reading

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A splash of colour

We have poppies, amongst other things, self seeded around the garden but we had an empty pot that had held an annual last year and a yellow poppy has self seeded itself perfectly in the middle of this pot. It … Continue reading

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Toffee is moulting

Toffee hasn’t laid an egg for two weeks now. I was wondering why she had stopped laying when suddenly she started moulting. It seems a bit early to be moulting. The game girls do have a short laying season and … Continue reading

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The veg plot is taking shape

Until quite recently we have been having frosts in the morning so have held back from planting the veg plot. This week the weather has changed and at last we have been having lovely warm sunny days. It was time … Continue reading

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A turf for the girls

Yesterday we were at a garden centre buying what we needed for our veg plot (a post coming soon) when I spotted some turf. I just had to get one for the girls. I laid down the whole turf in … Continue reading

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