This morning when I went out to poop pick the coop I actually remembered to take my camera with me and the girls didn’t disappoint. As soon as started to clean the coup the girls came running.
Amber is in the nest box and is being watched by Barley, Peaches and Emerald
Well Barley is actually watching me at the moment but all three do seem interested in what Amber is getting up to.
Honey is joining the party
Honey is just coming through the pop hole and now has Barley’s attention.
Honey joins Amber in the nest box
Barley and Peaches only have eyes for each other.
Honey is now in the nest box with Amber
Emerald and Peaches watch Honey and Amber while Barley’s attention returns to me.
Even Toffee has a look through the pop hole
This was the first time that Toffee joined in although only from the pop hole. Honey had left the nest box at this stage.
Sparkle goes in after the other girls have left
Once I had finished cleaning the girls left but Sparkle came in for a quick scratch around before I closed the coop.
This has been the morning routine for a while now and yet the odd thing is none of the girls lay their eggs in the main coop. They just seem attracted to the coop as soon I have my head and hands in there as if I am the trigger for them all to come and join in. I know it’s to do with them all getting ready to lay again but I wonder why there is this communal behaviour in the mornings.
I love the interaction though and it makes me smile as I clean up each morning.
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They do make you smile! Lovely photos again.
They really do make you smile. We go through this routine every morning at the moment. Emerald is squatting so I think she will start laying soon. She has never done that before because she only laid one egg after she came to me and that was while she was separated for integration then she started her moult. Yesterday I was poop picking and came up behind her and she dropped to a squat.