Author Archives: Carol

I never tire of watching the girls dust bathing. It is often a communal exercise and cements friendships. They are having such a lovely time.

Yesterday I received a small parcel through the post. It was my prize from the postcard competition. I won “Most Boring Postcard” but also made the final selection in several categories and got a mention for my “Walking Dead” postcard. … Continue reading →

A few years ago I posted about the patio table and chairs that I found in Home Bargains closing down sale for the amazing bargain price of twenty pounds. It replaced an identical set at the top of the garden … Continue reading →

We are now quite often getting five eggs a day so our eggs are building up even though we are eating them most days. We have eight girls laying regularly. Speckles has only laid one so I am not counting … Continue reading →

We have been allocated the job of getting potatoes and beans ready for the allotment. We had already started the potatoes chitting. A total of two hundred made up of a third red fir apple and two thirds maris peer. … Continue reading →

Salmon has struggled with egg laying up until now. She laid two tiny grape sized eggs, one mid January and the next mid February. Then two weeks ago she looked hunched and miserable  in the afternoon and the next morning … Continue reading →

Yesterday Ebony and Smoke were sharing a nest box again. Once more they both laid their eggs together. Flame had also laid in the same nest box a little earlier. These three have their timings in tune at the moment. … Continue reading →

I was surprised to see Ebony and Flame sharing a nest box. The next minute Smoke had joined them. The girls seem a lot more cosy than usual at the moment. When I next checked their eggs were side by … Continue reading →

There are more and more splashes of colour in the garden now. T had bought too many raspberry canes for the allotment. He wanted just one row of canes so he gave us the spare ones. We decided to plant … Continue reading →

One of the reasons that I knew Vanilla was about to start laying was because I had seen her on a couple of different days with Flame in the corner of the chicken shed. Vanilla seems to want to lay … Continue reading →