Author Archives: Carol

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 →

Yesterday the breeder was back from her break and I rang her for advice. I feel much better now we have had a chat. She said that Autumn had been through so much change after being put in a box … Continue reading →

Autumn came to us on Thursday morning. I kept a close watch on her and started worrying that she wasn’t going to the food or water. I knew she wasn’t having any when I wasn’t watching her because there was … Continue reading →

This morning our third new girl was delivered. She is a gold pencilled wyandotte and is three months old. I have called her Autumn. She will have to stay separate from the flock for at least a month as she … Continue reading →

During one of the recent hot days I decided to give the girls some frozen melon to help them cool down. Dot is the only girl that struggles a bit with the heat and will have her beak open while … Continue reading →

Sugar is still not right but there has been an improvement in her egg laying. She is still sitting in the run for more than half of the time but looks normal in between. I know when her next egg … Continue reading →