Category Archives: Chickens

This morning I gave the girls some spinach. I like to give them some greens each morning. They are all looking so beautiful and this is just an excuse to get a photo of the flock really. We are planning … Continue reading →

Today Jackie and I had arranged that we would spend the morning together while integrating her girls. Jackie had a bit of loss of confidence without Ian and I had an unusual free (no lunch orders) day so it seemed … Continue reading →

Mid morning when I paid the girls a visit they were in almost exactly the same positions as yesterday. Once again Topaz was the only one busy scratching. Emerald and Amber were together on their favourite little perch but the … Continue reading →

This post is dedicated to Ian, Jackie’s dear beloved husband, of forty years who sadly died suddenly yesterday. This has been a huge shock and our thoughts are with Jackie and her family at this sad and difficult time. Ian … Continue reading →

Topaz was the first girl to start her moult after her broody spell. She is the first to get her red comb back and for the last few weeks she has been practising laying. She goes into a nest box, … Continue reading →

Jackie has been trying to make up her mind for ages if the time is right for getting new girls. Finally she had made up her mind and we arranged to go and collect them this morning. We set off … Continue reading →

Due to my total frustration with the extended part of the run being constantly wet we bought the only tarpaulin we could find locally which was blue and put it over the run extension. That was eight days ago and … Continue reading →

Today was a good day because I got an update on all three of my re-homed girls on the same day. My husband went to the farm where Pepper and Dotty now live, to collect our disposables for our catering … Continue reading →

This morning was cold and frosty so I decided to give the girls a treat of a dish of warm mash. This is just their regular pellets made into a mush with warm water. It’s great because they are eating … Continue reading →

Last year Honey and Amber started laying again in February. This has got me thinking about Amber’s egg lay problem. This is pure theory but Amber has always been smaller and lighter than Honey and I often think of her … Continue reading →