On the same day that Storm laid her first egg of the year Snow laid her last egg before going broody. We had one day of four girls laying before it dropped back to three.
Snow has laid seventeen eggs in one and a half months.
Luckily Snow is a docile broody. I have been lifting her out for a break and she goes straight to the food and water and then back in. I am also lifting her from the nest box at bedtime and perching her in the chicken shed. She accepts being perched and stays there.
Storm approached Snow when I lifted her out and Snow puffed herself up. I didn’t get to my camera quick enough but the next moment Snow did her “look how tall I can be” pose and I caught that instead.
Snow does look beautiful in this pose and her face is very red. For now I am going to leave her to it as there are three girls laying and Mango and Cloud will probably start soon too so it’s not possible to close the nest boxes. I will just make sure she gets plenty of breaks.
Luckily there are still plenty enough eggs for us.
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She certainly looks beautiful.
She is very beautiful and she has a lovely nature too.
Always nice to see them looking so well. My first broody (gold top) has sickened herself after a fortnight; wonder if she’ll lay again, s she is 8 (not that she’s produced many eggs over her life, having spent so much of it broody!)
It’s hard when they are committed broodies. Sugar has always been like that and she has to go to broody jail as it’s the only way to break her out of it. She didn’t start laying until May last year so I hope she doesn’t start until late again this year. She is one girl that I would be happy to have her never lay again.