Author Archives: Carol

Gold has now gone broody but yesterday Red came back into lay after a two week break. Gold has laid eight eggs in two weeks since her last broody spell. It seems this year that every time a girl comes … Continue reading →

Yesterday Snow laid a hard shelled egg inside a soft shelled egg for the second time but she looked fine. Today she had the humped posture that indicates struggling with egg laying. As she had laid yesterday morning I expected … Continue reading →

Since Snow laid her weird eggs she has laid eight wobbly shaped eggs, one every other day. Yesterday was the day she should have laid her next egg. She spent a couple of hours in a nest box then came … Continue reading →

I can’t remember when we have had so many broodies in quick succession. I wonder if it’s because we have had such good weather earlier in the year than usual. Mango and Cloud have now gone broody together. They are … Continue reading →

It seems to be a constant chain of broody girls at the moment. Red went broody the day after Snow. This is Red’s first time broody so I don’t how long she will be but she seems quite determined. She … Continue reading →

It always seems to be a case of one girl back in lay another out of lay. The day after Gold came back in lay Snow went broody so we are now back to four girls laying. I am happy … Continue reading →

Since Snow laid her weird eggs (an egg inside an egg) on two occasions she has laid four normal eggs. The odd thing is that the shape of her eggs has changed. Snow used to lay small torpedo shaped eggs. … Continue reading →

Snow last laid a small soft shelled egg inside another small soft shelled egg and then two days later a normal hard shelled egg inside a huge soft shelled egg. Today I knew she would lay again as she lays … Continue reading →

Two days after Snow’s weird egg she once again had the awful posture that meant she was struggling again with an egg coming. Soon after this Snow went in the nest box. All the laying girls had by this time … Continue reading →

Yesterday we were worried about Snow. She had the posture we have seen many times before. A humped shape to her back and tail down whereas she usually has her tail straight up. We recognise this as having a problem … Continue reading →