The usual one in and one out

Yesterday Storm joined Gold in going broody after laying twelve eggs in seventeen days. On the same day Red came back into lay after a break of eleven days. It constantly seems to be one in and one out and we always seem to have two out of six laying at any one time. We now have just Snow and Red laying.

This morning I took a few photos while the girls had their morning spinach.

Mango, front right, is looking rather tatty.

Last night was the fourth night that all the girls went in on their own so I think we really have cracked it now. I checked on them a couple of times and Mango and Cloud now go in with the rest of the girls about an hour before the pop hole closes rather than leaving it until the last minute.

Tonight I am going to leave the nest boxes in place. I will check several times to make sure they are not taking any notice of the nest boxes. It’s the final step. In future I will endeavor to make sure that all new girls go in. I will keep training them until they do. It is so good to be back to having the flock go in on their own and I never want that to change in future.