Snow’s tail is now back to it’s full length. She has laid ten eggs in fifteen days. I think she may be going broody as she has been spending most of the day in the nest box, despite laying for the last two days, yet when I lift her out for a break she stays out for quite a while so I am not sure yet. It could be that Snow is just slowing down to the end of this year’s egg laying.
Red has been dropping piles of feathers and is looking quite tatty. She still has a fluffy bottom though. The feathers are now beginning to slow so I am hoping she is coming through her moult.
Ginger has laid nine eggs in fifteen days but hasn’t laid for the last two days so it looks like she may be taking a break. Hopefully she will start laying again soon.
Looking back at Red last year she started laying in November. Throughout November, December and January she would sometimes take a break of up to five days between eggs. From February onward she started laying every other day.
I am sure this is the same thing happening with Ginger. The shorter days are probably contributing to less eggs at the moment.
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Snow looks great, how quickly her tail feathers have grown back again.
I am always amazed at how quickly tail feathers grow back.
It’s amazing how quickly they become beautiful again. May your eggs continue! We’ve had no eggs at all for several days, then one today.