Author Archives: Carol

Ebony likes to lay her eggs in the corner of the chicken shed. The back, left, corner is her corner. Vanilla has taken up residence there since she has been broody. This has not pleased Ebony. Two days ago she … Continue reading →

I love the way the tulips open up in the sun. We had a lovely sunny Easter and the garden is blooming.

For a while now I have known that there is something wrong with Sienna. Three weeks ago she laid a tiny, grape sized, egg under her roost spot. I knew it had to be hers because all the other girls … Continue reading →

Cinnamon has taken to dust bathing with the bigger girls. I missed getting photos of her dust bathing with Speckles because as soon as I get near them Speckles comes over to me. I did get a few photos of … Continue reading →

We had just a few days with no broody girls then back to two broody girls again. First Smoke started her broody behaviour again. She had only laid five eggs in ten days so this seemed really quick to go … Continue reading →

The day after Dandelion had gone it was so sad to see Cinnamon spending time alone in the small shelter where they had spent a lot of their time together. It was if she thought Dandelion might suddenly appear in … Continue reading →

As this is the first year of having an allotment we are on a learning curve. We were all very eager to get everything started and now realise that we sowed our runner beans and dwarf beans a bit too … Continue reading →

A few days after the first post I did about Ebony and Vanilla sitting in the corner of the chicken shed they settled in there together again. I removed Ebony’s egg and a few minutes later Vanilla laid her egg. … Continue reading →

Sadly we lost Dandelion yesterday. She was such a lovely girl. She was beautiful and so friendly and was not only top serama but was joint top girl with Speckles. No one messed with Dandelion and she got on with … Continue reading →

Dandelion looked so lovely yesterday so it was a shock to see her looking really poorly today. She was sitting in the run with her eyes closed and her chest was bobbing up and down with her breathing. Cinnamon was … Continue reading →