Author Archives: Carol

It’s been a while since my last blog post. It’s just been so cold that I try to get my chicken chores done as quickly as possible and get back indoors plus not much happens in the chicken run at … Continue reading →

This year I have had to wait right up to the end of the year to do this post as Autumn has continued laying from the beginning of October right through December. I am putting this post out this morning … Continue reading →

As is tradition in this household the girls have a Christmas Day treat of fish. And as an extra bonus Autumn laid a Christmas Day egg this morning. Thank you Autumn! I would like to wish all my readers a … Continue reading →

We have had awful weather lately with lots of rain most days and it’s a while since I have seen more than one girl at a time have a dust bath. It’s Autumn that has been dust bathing the most. … Continue reading →

Autumn laid fourteen eggs in October and fourteen eggs in November. I thought that she may lay through the winter but then she stopped laying. Autumn would sit in her corner of the chicken shed for a while and then … Continue reading →

I decided to give the girls another fish treat as Dot is going through a really tough moult this year. Sugar’s tail feathers are now at almost the usual length which actually looks quite cute. All the other girls are … Continue reading →

A few days ago I gave the girls a yogurt treat which they absolutely love. I love to see the girls with their yogurt beaks. They scrape their beaks against the patio to clean them afterwards. The dishes end up … Continue reading →

This morning Sugar’s last two tail feathers were under her roost spot in the chicken shed. Overnight she has lost her tail. Oddly enough Dot’s last remaining tail feather is still hanging on. Sugar looks quite sweet with her short … Continue reading →

Dot has continued to drop feathers wherever she goes and to leave a heap under her roost spot overnight. A few days ago she was down to her last tail feather. I was going to do a before and after … Continue reading →

Both Dot and Sugar are moulting quite heavily. Both girls last laid about two weeks ago and then started dropping feathers with abundance. First it was Dot followed a few days later by Sugar. I have never seen Sugar drop … Continue reading →