Author Archives: Carol

I love this photo of the girls and Spot checking each other out. It’s so unusual to get all the girls in focus at once. The new girls have settled in really well. Having said that they were easy to … Continue reading →

My three girls were supposed to arrive between 2.00 pm and 5.00 pm yesterday. When they hadn’t arrived by 5.00 pm I started to get anxious. The phone doesn’t get answered after 5.00 pm so I e-mailed the lady to … Continue reading →

Over the last few days I knew that Flame was getting ready to lay her first egg of the year. Flame has been in all three nest boxes and all four corners of the chicken shed over the last few … Continue reading →

It has been shock to lose Smoke less than two weeks after Shadow. We always thought that she would outlast the other girls as she was so robust, feisty, and had never had a day of not looking on top … Continue reading →

Smoke looks like she has an egg laying problem. It has been a month since Smoke last laid and I was expecting her to start laying again about now. Yesterday Smoke didn’t look her usual self. She wasn’t rushing for … Continue reading →

We lost our sweet Shadow on Thursday. We got Shadow and Sugar on the eighth of September 2020 when they were about three months old. It is so sad as she wasn’t yet two years old. She was not only … Continue reading →

I said in the comments this morning that I may have been wrong about Shadow having her next egg stuck as mid morning she was so enthusiastic when I hand fed her some spinach. I added another comment when I … Continue reading →

We have been aware that Shadow was on borrowed time until her next egg was ready. We have kept her for a further five weeks since she first looked unwell. I have continued to pick her up every day and … Continue reading →

Shadow seems to be absolutely fine apart from the constant mucky bottom. Of course I know that this means not all is fine. I have continued to pick her up every afternoon and wipe her as clean as I can … Continue reading →

Before I do an update on Shadow’s situation I am just going to run through the other girls. Smoke came out of her broody spell after just a week. She doesn’t seem to be so committed in winter which makes … Continue reading →