Category Archives: Chickens

Yesterday morning straight after the girls had had their morning sunflower hearts Topaz and Butterscotch took themselves off to the nest boxes. Topaz was in the right hand nest box and Butterscotch in the left. About an hour later I … Continue reading →

I knew Topaz was ready to lay again after a few practice runs at it. Yesterday afternoon she was missing on parade and when I lifted the nest box she was standing in the “just laid an egg” position. I … Continue reading →

I know that I have touched on this subject before but as time goes by I notice every day how together these two girls are. The rest of the flock don’t seek out any other flock mate and it is … Continue reading →

Topaz has been very vocal for days now and has been having a twirl around in the nest boxes. This morning I thought she was actually going to lay her egg. She sat in the nest box for nearly two … Continue reading →

My girls are looking beautiful after their moult. The only thing left now is for Peaches and Barley’s combs to get big and red again in the spring. All the girl’s feathers are stunning though. I am going to put … Continue reading →

Today Jackie and I met up to visit each other’s girls before Christmas. The last time we met up was a few weeks ago when Blossom was heavily going through the moult and looking quite shabby. Today she is looking … Continue reading →

Yesterday at about mid day I heard what I think of as the egg shout. I was surprised because only Butterscotch is laying and she had laid late in the afternoon yesterday so this would be too early for her. … Continue reading →

This year we have an exceptionally busy Christmas so I have had to be much more organised than usual. Tonight we have our annual get together of twenty friends. We all club together to cover the cost and we are … Continue reading →

Butterscotch is my star winter egg layer. She laid at first light this morning after missing a day yesterday. For a bantam girl her eggs are a good size. They are only fractionally smaller than a medium shop bought egg. … Continue reading →

I have done a few posts on getting the bedtime perches to the right height. I knew there was a problem when I went out to the girls at first light and the automatic door was open but none of … Continue reading →