Category Archives: Chickens

We had recently been considering re-homing our perpetual broody, Topaz, at the farm we got her from as she could have the chance to hatch some eggs there. I haven’t somehow been able to bring myself to ring Richard at … Continue reading →

Peaches and Barley are always together. They are a really tight pair. I could put out dozens of photos of them together but this afternoon I couldn’t resist this one as it’s so sweet. All the girls were sitting in … Continue reading →

The garden is looking really good at the moment and the veg plot is really coming on too. I know I am showing a lot of photos of this rose but it so amazing at this time of year and … Continue reading →

Toffee and Emerald are in the full swing of their moult now. Toffee has lost her tail and Emerald is looking really shabby. Topaz is still in her perpetual broody limbo. She has a lovely red comb and wattles but … Continue reading →

Yesterday we had my eldest son, Steve, his wife, Yu Lee and her mum, Ai Seng to visit for the day. We had planned a trip to Bekonscott model village as Yu Lee had wanted to visit it for ages … Continue reading →

Topaz lives to sit on eggs. Topaz doesn’t lay eggs herself (at least, she laid six eggs last year and eight eggs this year) but spends her entire life waiting for her flock mates to lay their eggs so that … Continue reading →

I think that sparkle is pretty much back to normal. She hasn’t resumed laying eggs and I’m not sure she will this season but she is moving a bit quicker than she has been. She is dust bathing and she … Continue reading →

I wanted to wait for a few days after I’d finished giving the flubenvet to do an update on Sparkle as I felt she had more chance of being back to normal without any medications in her system. Sparkle is … Continue reading →

For the past four days I have been finding Emeralds feathers in the coop in the morning when I poop pick and in the run during the day. When she perches up at bedtime feathers flutter down from her and … Continue reading →

I tried to hand pollinate the apple tree, in the chicken run, by using a paint brush but this experiment has failed. I had nothing to lose by giving it a try but I now know that it is a … Continue reading →