Author Archives: Carol

Yesterday Smoke went broody, four days, after Sugar. Smoke has laid ten eggs in thirteen days. That is two more eggs in two more days than Sugar. These girls are both serial broodies! Salmon, Spangle and Shadow are all taking … Continue reading →

At this time of year our hibiscus is amazing. It is opposite the chicken run and towers over the chicken run height wise and has a mass of blooms. We picked one corn cob from the allotment today to see … Continue reading →

One of the great things about having chickens is that no allotment or garden produce ever gets wasted. The broccoli we tried to grow on our garden veg plot hasn’t worked. The cage to keep out the butterflies, followed by … Continue reading →

Sugar had three nights in the broody crate and then was through with being broody. This works really well with Sugar. Having three broody girls at once meant there wasn’t much egg laying going on. We have been getting just … Continue reading →

Smoke has now been broody for nine days. Sugar has been broody for five days and Ebony went broody three days ago. It’s getting ridiculous! I go up to see only half the flock in the run and if a … Continue reading →

Sugar has now gone broody as well as Smoke. Sugar has laid nine eggs in twelve days. The gap between going broody and the amount of eggs laid seems to be diminishing for both of them. Having two broody girls … Continue reading →

Our lilies have been amazing this year. I took some photos before the rain came to bash them down. Smoke is broody again. She has laid eight eggs in eleven days. Smoke is out of lay for longer than she … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the second time this year that we had six eggs from our seven girls. The first was on 28th March and this time on 21st July. On both occasions it was Salmon who didn’t lay. Salmon wasn’t laying … Continue reading →

The girls love it when I dig over the run. They follow me with excitement to see if there will be any worms. Ebony got all the worms because she is such a thug that she keeps the other girls … Continue reading →

We have had slow worms breeding in our garden in all the years that we have lived here. We know that they breed here because every year around March we see the tiny baby slow worms. I saw them this … Continue reading →