Category Archives: Chickens

Today Mango and Cloud were the helpers of the dust bath rather than dust bathing themselves. They love to help with dust bathing and do this together too. Autumn once again sat in the nest box for about half an … Continue reading →

Yesterday Autumn settled in the nest box again. Once again she was in there for about an hour and then came out without laying an egg. I am now thinking that this isn’t a practice and maybe she isn’t going … Continue reading →

It’s been a race to see which girl would be next to lay their first egg of the year. Gold has been squatting for a while and very vocal. Storm has also been very vocal. Then yesterday Autumn also squatted … Continue reading →

This morning I gave the girls some fish. Snow laid six eggs in two weeks and then stopped. She hasn’t laid for just over a week now. Hopefully she will start again when the other girls get started. Red has … Continue reading →

We have been having a battle with Sugar’s feet. First we noticed that Sugar was limping. When I inspected her feet I realised her toe nails had got so long and curled around that a nail was pressing against her … Continue reading →

Yesterday Snow laid her second egg this year, two days after her first one. It was long and torpedo shaped. We have always said that there is no mistaking Snow’s eggs because they have a very distinct shape. Red laid … Continue reading →

After checking out the nest boxes for the last couple of days today Snow settled in the nest box. When I next checked on Snow she was back out in the run. I checked the nest box and there was … Continue reading →

For the last couple of days Snow has been investigating the nest boxes. I think she may be getting ready to start laying. We usually have the first girls come back into lay half way through February and the rest … Continue reading →

After mentioning worrying about Sugar’s quality of life, today she was dust bathing with Snow. It’s the first time I have seen her dust bathing for ages. I think the recent cold weather was having an effect on her. It … Continue reading →

I haven’t blogged much recently because at this time of the year there isn’t much happening or much to say so I decided to pop out and take some portrait photos of the girls, the first portraits of the year. … Continue reading →