Category Archives: Chickens

After what I said in yesterday’s post I was amazed that we had four eggs laid today. Sugar last laid seven days ago so I thought she had finished but today she laid again without looking poorly and the egg … Continue reading →

After digging the run over this morning I thought I would get some group photos while all the girls were scratching together. They love a bit of newly turned earth to scratch in. But each time I was ready to … Continue reading →

I gave the girls some chopped tomato which is an absolute favourite of theirs. It just happened that in the above photo the flock had split themselves into two halves. On the right are the five girls that I got … Continue reading →

The garden is looking amazing at the moment. Cloud came back into lay four days ago after a two week break after her brief broody spell. Storm also came back into lay four days ago after a break of three … Continue reading →

Today it has rained heavily, non stop, all day. I wasn’t happy that Autumn’s half of the run had quite a lot of wet parts. I decided that it would be best to speed up integration and mix the flock … Continue reading →

Cloud has gone broody after laying nineteen eggs in a month. Mango has laid twelve eggs in three weeks, she started laying a week later than Cloud. The day that Gold came back into lay was the day that Cloud … Continue reading →

Over the last few days the flock have managed to get into Autumn’s half of the run. After many years of poop picking the soil level in the run has dropped and the flock managed to dig under the dividing … Continue reading →

Yesterday and again today I gave Autumn some time with the rest of the flock. It went really well. I had found that putting another girl in with Autumn didn’t really work. A couple of days ago I tried putting … Continue reading →

As Autumn needs to be on her grower pellets for the next month I felt it was time to give her a bigger space. Now that she has settled in properly the time seemed right to give her more space … Continue reading →

What a difference a week makes. Autumn is now really settled. She is eating, drinking and pooping. She is dust bathing and preening. She runs to the treats and can now easily eat spinach leaves. She is comfortable around me … Continue reading →