Category Archives: Chickens

I thought that I would have another attempt to explain my flocks current complicated pecking order. Below is a diagram to try to illustrate the relationship between the girls. The arrows show which girls are above or below other girls. … Continue reading →

This morning Butterscotch was having a dust bath in the new soil, from the plant pot, that we put in the run yesterday. She was surrounded by feathers. I wondered if she had chosen the new soil as it wasn’t … Continue reading →

One of the plant pots on the patio was looking rather sad so my husband suggested tipping it the run for the girls. They have had a whole afternoon of entertainment from it. A fun afternoon for the girls who … Continue reading →

Mid morning I went in the girl’s run and saw about six feathers from Butterscotch. Uh oh! It looked as if she was going into the moult. By lunch time there was a pile of her feathers in the run. … Continue reading →

Today we went to the garden centre as we needed a few plants to fill a few boring patches in the garden. They had turfs reduced to a pound as they had had them a week so we bought one … Continue reading →

My girls love nothing more than a patch of sun. Honey loves to sit in the sun while the rest of the girls love to dust bath in the sun while sticking close to Honey. Any one who didn’t know … Continue reading →

I have been keeping a close and worried eye on Honey. She is snoozing an awful lot but otherwise is still doing all the usual chicken things. She feeds, poops, scratches, runs to the treats and perches on the top … Continue reading →

There seems to be an end of summer feel to the flock at the moment. None of the girls are laying, they are all either moulting or about to moult and they seem to spend a lot of time chilling … Continue reading →

As I have been finding it so easy to lift Butterscotch from the nest box and as she has no longer been showing any stress when she can’t get back in I increased the amount of times I lifted her … Continue reading →

I promise I won’t record every day but I am still learning about having a different type of broody from the perpetual broody Topaz. We had some over ripe strawberries today so I gave them to the girls. They didn’t … Continue reading →