Author Archives: Carol

I am frustrated at the moment with the bedtime routine. For a while it was all going smoothly with all the girls getting in before the automatic door closed. Recently some of the girls, usually the amigos, have been getting … Continue reading →

I have talked before of the groups within our flock. As time goes on it is still quite obvious that the flock is made up of groups of girls. I have come to realise a few things since we have … Continue reading →

We are having some very mixed weather at the moment. We have had some heavy rain and we have had some showers and sunshine and sometimes both at the same time. At the weekend the sun sparkled on the rain … Continue reading →

I am updating the serama portraits as the girls are all pretty much grown up now. I am going to do them in their pecking order from top to bottom. There is a bit of blurring around the top position … Continue reading →

It’s been a good year for autumn berries. I hope that doesn’t mean it’s going to be a harsh winter as, the old wives tale, goes. Earlier in the year I photographed the three coloured berries of our climbing plant … Continue reading →

Out of the five amigos Vanilla has changed the most. The other four have stayed the same colour but Vanilla has completely changed. When I named her Vanilla it was because she was the colour of vanilla ice cream with … Continue reading →

Our weather is crazy at the moment. We had several mornings with frosts, some mornings with fog, some wind and rain, some blue skies and sunshine and today 18 degrees C/ 65 degrees F. The last hosta bud is still … Continue reading →

This post was also inspired by a comment from Sophie. Sophie said that she hadn’t realised that the game girls were crossed with wyndottes. In truth I hadn’t realised until I remarked to the farmer/breeder that Ebony’s comb was much … Continue reading →

In the comments Sophie asked if the game girls were bigger in size than bantams usually are so I thought I would do a comparison of size between the three bigger girls. I would say that they are the usual … Continue reading →

Ebony and Flame have really surprised me with what good egg layers they are. Since we got them in July I haven’t had to buy any eggs. In October Ebony laid 21 eggs and Flame laid 20. In October Dandelion … Continue reading →