Category Archives: Chickens

I am so sad to see the girls getting gradually more and more plucked. Sadly last years pattern is repeating itself. Amber’s neck is becoming more bare. Amber is easy to get a close up of because when I crouch … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year again. I worm the girls twice a year as recommended. I do it in March and September with Flubinvet which is a powder. The sixty gram tub is enough for a year so does both … Continue reading →

I seem to be accumulating egg cups. We always had a plain white set of six egg cups that go with our every day plain white crockery, long before we had chickens. My youngest son and his girlfriend bought me … Continue reading →

After Amber struggled to lay her soft shelled egg six days ago, yesterday, she laid a perfect hard shelled egg. She also laid it fairly quickly and with out any struggle. It was only five days after her last egg … Continue reading →

Shadow’s story has reached a happy ending, hurrah! Jackie phoned me yesterday with great excitement to tell me that Shadow had just laid her first egg. This means no more worrying that she is a cockerel. Jackie said she had … Continue reading →

This afternoon when I went up to the girls they were having a lovely time in the dust bath. I went back for my camera and by the time I had returned Bluebell had left the dust bath and was … Continue reading →

Today was a lovely sunny day and very warm for March. My husband dug over the veg plot and dug in the girls matured manure. He then netted half of it to keep the cats off but only had enough … Continue reading →

When Amber started laying in June she seemed to really struggle with it. She laid two tiny wind eggs followed by two soft shelled eggs. I gave her limestone flour and crushed egg shells and she went on to lay … Continue reading →

At ten o’clock this morning I arrived at Jackie’s house with my dog crate to take Shadow back to Willow Court Farm in Windsor for them to take a look and give their verdict on whether Shadow is a hen … Continue reading →

My friend Jackie has had her two “new” girls for two months now. As they are maturing she is beginning to wonder if Shadow, a speckledy, is a cockerel. I have always thought that Shadow had big feet but am … Continue reading →