Neroli lays her first egg!

As if to remind us, in the middle of all the stress and guilt and worry about Frida, that owning chickens is more usually about daily miracles … Neroli popped her first egg out! A nice, little 52 g egg. Same sort of colouring as Frida’s eggs – slightly peach-tinted.
She’s been spending time in the [...]

Claire and … cockatrices?

Well we now have a reason why Claire has stopped laying. To add to the chaos and confusion … she crowed today.
Twice.
Yes, really. As in “rooster”. Complete with the whole rocking backward and craning neck upward bit – Jo saw her do it the second time (which was about a minute after the first strangled attempt).
Argh. [...]