Yesterday Salmon was looking in the nest boxes and I felt sure that she was getting ready to lay again. Flame had also been looking in the nest boxes for a couple of days and laid her first egg since going broody yesterday and her second one today.
It had been three weeks since Flame last laid and it had also been three weeks since Salmon last laid. I felt a bit nervous about Salmon coming back into lay.
Today Salmon went in the nest box a couple of times and came out again. A little later Salmon settled in the nest box.
I waited with baited breath. A little later I heard the egg shout. I went to check and Salmon was vigorously scratching in the run which was a good sign.
I checked the nest box and there was her, smaller than usual egg, with her signature blob of poop next to it.
Shadow’s egg is on the left, Salmon’s egg is in the middle and Smoke’s egg is on the right.
I am so relieved that Salmon has got her egg laid without a problem. I am also glad she has started again with a small egg.
I am hoping that her recent problem was just a blip and that she will be okay in the future. Only time will tell but for now I am so happy to see this.
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So pleased!! xx
Me too, can’t tell you how much! xx
Fantastic news – a huge relief!
It is a huge relief. I am so happy with her today.
So so pleased, let us hope she will be fine now. Such good news.
I am so pleased. Whenever I have a chicken problem I have my readers all willing things to work out and keeping fingers crossed and rarely is there a good outcome. I feel as if for once it has worked out for now anyway. I know Salmon may run into this problem again in the future but for now we have her back to healthy again. I am so happy about that.
Such good news.
Two good shelled eggs now so I am happy that she is okay again.