Author Archives: Carol

I knew Flame was getting ready to lay again as the day before she starts laying she always has a twirl round inside the nest boxes. It’s as if she has to check them out first. Then when she is … Continue reading →

This really is the year of the broody! Salmon gave up being broody after only two days like last time. If only they were all like Salmon! Salmon isn’t so committed. She will only sit in one of the two … Continue reading →

We seem to be constantly beset with broody girls this year. Salmon has now gone broody for the second time this year which is something she has never done before. Since her last brief broody spell Salmon has laid fourteen … Continue reading →

Smoke seems to be going for a record of serial broodiness. This time is her quickest yet and least number of eggs laid. Eight eggs in twelve days and she is broody again. I will continue with my usual regime … Continue reading →

Flame has gone broody twice in quick succession but come out of it after four nights in the broody crate. This has triggered an early moult. I am fairly confident that Flame will start laying again once she is through … Continue reading →

Smoke usually stays broody for only a week if I lift her out of the nest box constantly. She then takes a break for another week and then starts to lay again. Sugar went broody the first time for six … Continue reading →

Today I gave the girls a yogurt treat and took some photos of the flock together. Last year after having nine girls we lost two and the flock of seven seemed small. I wanted to add some bantam hamburgs. Catrin … Continue reading →

Although this is a garden post today I thought I would just update on Sugar first. Sugar is now over her broody spell after four nights in the dog crate. After three nights I thought that Sugar was through her … Continue reading →

This time Sugar has laid only eleven eggs in thirteen days and gone broody again. She laid her last five eggs five days running. It seems that she is going to be another serial broody. This time I decided that … Continue reading →

I know that our chicken run is secure. I know that the girls can’t get out and nothing bigger than the weld mesh squares can get in. And yet I still have moments when I can’t see a girl and … Continue reading →