Author Archives: Carol

I wasn’t expecting another, five egg day, so soon. It was a week ago that we had our first, five egg, day and a few days later Marmite went broody but a few days after that Flame started laying. Yesterday … Continue reading →

I have just made and posted another card to John. I knew he had currently and in the past had several welsh terriers. I know that he has an aged bulldog and a black cat. I knew he had sadly … Continue reading →

Salmon laid one tiny, grape sized egg, on 17th January underneath her roost spot. Until recently she had shown no interest in the nest boxes but over the last few days she has become very vocal and has started investigating … Continue reading →

I had forgotten how enormous Flame’s eggs are and how noisy Ebony and Flame can be! Yesterday there was lots of shouting going on. While Flame took her winter break all had been quiet. Ebony laid her eggs in either … Continue reading →

Usually the bigger girls start laying again in March but Ebony and Flame seem to have a longer laying season than my previous game girls probably because they have more of a wyandotte mix in them. I could tell Flame … Continue reading →

I will start with a warning that this is a long post. I have written it over a month, adding to it, as it goes along. One of the blogs I follow is “Going Gently” by John Gray. Sometimes he … Continue reading →

The day before yesterday we had our first, five egg, day of the year. Jasmine actually went to the nest box to lay her egg this time. It is her fourth egg and is a week after her last one. … Continue reading →

What I love about giving the girls this sort of treat is that I can get a few photos of the entire flock together. I love their enthusiasm and their little yogurt beaks and I love seeing them all together … Continue reading →

I hope everyone had a lovely Valentines Day. We started the day exchanging gifts and cards. We are quite traditional with our exchanges. We always get each other a card and my husband always buys me red roses and chocolates … Continue reading →

There isn’t much news in the chicken run at the moment which is never a bad thing! So I thought that I would take some up to date photos. Although Speckles had virtually finished her moult at the end of … Continue reading →