Author Archives: Carol

I always worm the flock in March and September. I have been waiting for the flock to be properly mixed so that I could them altogether. Also the e-mail with information about the delivery of the new girls advised worming … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning I put the run back to usual. I opened up the wire by the patio area and at the bottom end of the run. I put the little coup back on the patio as a third nest box … Continue reading →

Yesterday when I went to check on the girls before bedtime I was surprised to find Snowflake on the main flocks side. Gold and Storm were on the high perch. I opened the dividing gate and Snowflake went back into … Continue reading →

This afternoon I mixed the girls for the first time. I decided to leave the new girls part of the run closed and just open their gate to let them into the main flocks part of the run before closing … Continue reading →

Today I closed off the bottom half of the run from the main flock. I then opened up the hatch so that the new girls could have half the run giving them more space to explore. They immediately went out … Continue reading →

The bedtime routine is now sorted and easy. Gold has become totally used to me and follows my hands when I am clearing up and my boots as I move around. She almost follows me out of the dividing gate … Continue reading →

The step worked perfectly for the new girls at bedtime tonight. They easily found their way to the high perch with none of them ending up over the top of the wire. They looked so cute together that I just … Continue reading →

Yesterday evening I kept popping out to see how the new girls were getting on. Earlier I had lifted Gold to the new perch and let her find her own way down in the hope that she would now know … Continue reading →

I have been trying to address the things that were not working well in the new girls part of the run. In recent years I have had new girls in September. This has meant that the main flock had stopped … Continue reading →

I have been aware of Spot’s comb gradually getting redder over the past couple of months. However yesterday it struck me how much it had changed in size and shape too. When Spot’s comb was pale and narrow the tiny … Continue reading →