Cinnamon’s second egg

When I got back at lunch time yesterday and checked the nest boxes I found what must be Cinnamon’s second egg.

I have several reasons that I think it has to be Cinnamon’s egg. Dandelion had laid another thin shelled egg under her roost spot in the morning. Her first egg was laid in the run. Her second egg was laid eight days later under her roost spot and this one five days later under her roost spot. All her eggs have had pale, thin shells. I think she is having a problem with her laying and I am beginning to wonder if, like Amber, she is going to remain a problem layer. I hope that I am wrong and that she improves in time.

Rusty and Freckles have both had short broody spells. After three days of constantly lifting them from the nest box they have come out of it. Last time Freckles did this she took eight days off. This time she hasn’t laid for seven days so far. Rusty hasn’t laid for eleven days. Both girls lay small, round, beige shelled, eggs.

Apricot still isn’t squatting or showing any signs of wanting to lay and her comb is still small and pale. Silkie feathered girls are slower to mature and Rusty started laying a month later than Freckles so I expect Apricot to lay a month later than Dandelion and Cinnamon.

This egg was in the same nest box that Cinnamon laid her first egg in. There were deep nest, wells, in the corners of the chicken shed so I assume she tried several spots like last time and also this egg is pale shelled and the biggest, serama egg, laid so far.

It looks as if Cinnamon is going to be a good layer like Freckles. I wonder if straight feathered girls are better layers.

Cinnamon’s second egg on the left

From left to right is Cinnamon’s second egg, Cinnamon’s first egg, Freckles last egg and Rusty’s last egg.

Cinnamon’s second egg on the left

Cinnamon’s second, then first egg, on the left of the stand. The first egg is often either very small or very large so it will be interesting to see if her eggs remain a good size. We often joked that we thought her eggs would be tiny because she is such a tiny girl but I know from past experience that the size of the girl doesn’t always relate to the size of the egg.

It is good to know that she chose the nest box this time without any help from me. What a clever little girl she is.