Erratic egg laying but in sync

There has been a very strange pattern with the egg laying girls. Snow laid twice on 3rd and 5th January and hasn’t laid since. On those same days Red and Silver also laid giving us two, three egg, days.

But the really odd thing is that Red and Silver have been in sync with each other regardless of how many missed days there have been in between. So this has been the pattern:

Both Red and Silver laid on 3rd January then missed one day then both laid again as explained above. Then they both missed eight days then both laid again then missed a day and then both laid again, missed another day and both laid again. They then both missed two days and then both laid again. They then both missed five days then both laid again which was yesterday.

I find it incredible that they have continued to both lay on the same day no matter how many days they have missed in between. I have never had this happen before. Considering they are different breeds and different ages I find this even more amazing. Have they got some sort of telepathy going on here!

Silver’s egg on the left and Red’s egg on the right

I think Ginger will start laying soon. Her face has got quite red and she has started squatting when I hold my hand over her back. I wonder if she too will lay on the same days.

Ginger’s red face
And the other side

We only have a few days left of this month so it will be interesting to see if there are any more eggs.

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