Author Archives: Carol

At the moment we only have Dot and Cloud laying. They both laid two days ago and they both laid again today. First Cloud laid in the nest box. Then Dot went to her favourite corner of the chicken shed. … Continue reading →

Sugar started off this most recent broody spell by not being as committed as usual. But as time went on she gradually became more committed. She would no longer perch in the chicken shed at bedtime and no matter how … Continue reading →

Both Gold and Storm went broody together five days ago. I just kept them out of the nest boxes and after a couple of days they were over it. Sugar laid egg number seven four days ago and it was … Continue reading →

Today Sugar laid her sixth egg. She didn’t look poorly before laying this time. The shell was the same as the last one. It had a soft spot in the middle with a bit of crazing round it. She has … Continue reading →

There is a bit of moulting going on at the moment but not too heavy. Mango has been dropping fluffy baby feathers and has some loose ones sticking out. Cloud has a ragged tail but doesn’t seem to be dropping … Continue reading →

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 →