Category Archives: Chickens

This morning I managed to get a photo of Ginger properly settled in the nest box. This time Ginger didn’t move when I took her photo. In other news Red is moulting big time. There are piles of her feathers … Continue reading →

Ginger has laid five eggs in eight days but she has been really elusive to catch in the nest box. It has never taken me this long to catch a girl in the nest box. Ginger must be in and … Continue reading →

Over the last few days I had felt Snow was getting ready to lay again. She was having a twirl around the nest boxes. She has moulted in two halves but has now stopped dropping feathers again. Her tail feathers … Continue reading →

Ginger obviously gets her eggs laid quickly because today she laid her second egg and I missed her in the nest box again. To be fair she had already laid it first thing this morning when I first went up … Continue reading →

I thought Ginger was getting ready to lay her first egg. Her face is red although her comb is still tiny. She was squatting and more vocal then usual. She had been looking in the nest boxes. Yesterday both nest … Continue reading →

Within days of Snow coming out of her broody spell she started moulting again. She has been having a moult of two halves. After her last broody spell she started moulting and was dropping feathers wherever she went. She then … Continue reading →

Today I thought it would be good to get a group photo of the current flock while they were having some apple. Ginger and Silver now run to the treats along with the rest of the girls. Ginger and Silver … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s end of day was once again dark and wet. I went to check on the girls after dinner. To my surprise Gold was on the corner perch. She looked like queen bee in the middle of the perch and … Continue reading →

The new girls have been sitting on top of their little coup at bedtime and I have been lifting them at dusk and putting them in the chicken shed. But the weather has changed from warm and dry to lots … Continue reading →

Yesterday Snow went broody and Red came back into lay. Snow had laid eight eggs in thirteen days which is four less than the last few times. I am going to leave her broody this time round but just lift … Continue reading →