Category Archives: Chickens

This morning as planned I separated Sparkle and gave her some corn and spinach as this is all she will eat now. I have given up on the pellet mash as she refuses to touch it. She ate some of … Continue reading →

This morning I separated Sparkle and set her up with her own feeding station. I threw out the morning corn and sprinkled some extra sunflower hearts as well into Sparkle’s part of the run. This is the only time she … Continue reading →

I said earlier today that I would try Sparkle in a separated part of the run tomorrow but in the end I decided that there was no point in waiting until tomorrow and instead I would do it right away. … Continue reading →

Yesterday I felt a bit more positive about Sparkle but today I feel back down again. I think maybe my theory about her was complete rubbish. I am just clutching at straws because I don’t know what else to do … Continue reading →

This morning as planned I put Sparkle in the cat box again with a dish of mash with the flubinvet and a bowl of water. Again I sprinkled a few sunflower hearts on top to try and get her interested. … Continue reading →

Today I needed to start worming the girls for the second time, three weeks from the first time, to break the egg/worm cycle. I have a slight problem though. I ordered more flubenvet powder from my vet three weeks ago … Continue reading →

Poor Emerald looks really scruffy and when I pick her up at bedtime (as gently as I can) she feels as prickly as a hedgehog. Unlike Emerald, Toffee looks quite neat but she has no tail. These two are the … Continue reading →

A few days ago I noticed that a hole had appeared in the chicken’s dandelion pot. I wondered why anything would want to dig in the dandelions. I pushed the soil back together with my fingers and firmed it down. … Continue reading →

Sparkle has moments of looking back to normal then she looks really poorly again. I think her problem is that she isn’t eating enough but I also know that a hen that’s not eating enough must have something wrong. If … Continue reading →

I know I have already put out photos of our rambling rose but I just can’t resist this last set of photos as it reaches it’s peak. This rose is called paul’s himalayan musk and was given to us as … Continue reading →