Author Archives: Carol

End of year egg count

It’s been a sad year for losses in the chicken run this year. We have lost five girls and now have a flock of seven. This makes it difficult to do a monthly average of eggs so I am just … Continue reading

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Christmas dinner number three

We have just had our third Christmas dinner. We all had a lovely time apart from our grandson who wasn’t feeling well and slept through most of the day. This was such a shame for him and the family were … Continue reading

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Christmas day in the chicken run

It has become our tradition that the girls have a fish treat on Christmas morning. Smoke had laid nine eggs and then went broody so I lifted her from the nest box to the patio area before putting the fish … Continue reading

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The first of our three Christmas dinners

We have three Christmas dinners. One with my side of the family, one with my husband’s side of the family and Christmas Day itself is just the two of us. This year we had my side on Saturday and will … Continue reading

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Christmas hyacinth

We were given a gift of a Christmas hyacinth by one of our party guests. In three weeks the hyacinth has transformed. We have been amazed at how quickly it has opened. It is quite lovely.

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Christmas tree

We put our Christmas tree up yesterday. I decorated the tree and put the rest of the Christmas decorations up so now feel our house is already for Christmas. I am really pleased with this tree as we managed to … Continue reading

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How the flock is doing

I thought it was time to do an update on the flock. They are all fine. Salmon still has a slight wheeze but it’s not as bad as it has been in the past. I would dearly love for her … Continue reading

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Smoke is laying again

Ebony laid her last egg on the last day of November which I thought was quite amazing. I thought that was the end of eggs for this year and resorted to buying shop eggs. To my surprise Smoke started laying … Continue reading

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Another competition

John Gray of the blog “Going Gently” has put out another competition. The last one I took part in was the postcard competition. This time he has a Christmas card competition. It started at the end of November and will … Continue reading

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Christmas party on Sunday

I am a bit late with this post as yesterday we had a problem and our e-mail went down for the day and I couldn’t log into my blog either. My eldest son who is my I.T. guy managed to … Continue reading

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