Category Archives: Chickens

I have been digging up just enough potatoes and leeks all summer as we need them but decided it was time to dig the rest up before winter. There were a couple of potato plants still to dig and  half … Continue reading →

Butterscotch is an amazing girl! She is so regular in her laying pattern. She lays for three weeks, goes broody and takes a break for two weeks, then starts laying again. I really wasn’t sure she would start again this … Continue reading →

As I said in my last post I find it difficult to understand why there is so much squabbling at bedtime between the girls when during the day they are such a tight group. At lunch time I was doing … Continue reading →

At bedtime there are always squabbles over which girl is tolerated next to which flock mate. At times it seems really harsh with Peaches and Barley pecking at poor Speckles and at other times Emerald pecking at Peaches and Barley. … Continue reading →

Yesterday Butterscotch laid her egg just before half past ten and just before we had to go out. I collected her egg and we left. We returned shortly after half past eleven and I checked in on the girls. To … Continue reading →

I have been out to the girls at quarter to seven some mornings just as the automatic door on the chicken shed is opening and other mornings it’s already open depending on whether it is a dull or bright morning. … Continue reading →

On my Halloween post about the ghosts in our windows I said how comforting it was having an open fire. We always try to resist putting the heating on until November and this year November has been unusually mild. We … Continue reading →

Butterscotch missed laying an egg yesterday and as regular as clockwork, she laid her egg this morning, before it was light enough for the automatic door to open. Alas, this time the egg was cracked. I must try to remember that … Continue reading →

Before getting on to the girls mash I just wanted to say that I really do know the perches in the chicken shed are now at the right height. This morning I went out to the girls at quarter past … Continue reading →

It’s been very wet for the last few days but the good thing is that there are still plenty of dry spots for the girls to have a dust bath which they take full advantage of. The old part of … Continue reading →