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<\/a>Honey is looking her age.<\/p><\/div>\n
I have taken to sometimes leaving my camera in the store cabinet so that if there is a moment happening I have my camera to hand. I took the photo of Honey, leaving the store cabinet door open, and when I turned round this is what I saw.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Emerald checks out the store cabinet<\/p><\/div>\n
These girls are so nosey and of course they also know that the treats come from here. I love seeing Emerald upright and yesterday couldn’t capture a photo of her comb but here you can see that it is pink even though her face is white. I love seeing her stretch her long neck. She often looks comical when in this pose but I don’t often get to capture it.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Barley was having a scratch around in the nest box. It has been a week since she laid her first egg which is the gap she had last year before the second one.<\/p>\n
Later in the afternoon Topaz was missing. She was in the nest box but came running out to see if I had bought any treats in. There in the nest box was a small white egg. I am pretty sure this is Barley’s egg and Topaz just went in to sit on it. It’s the white colour and small size of Barley’s eggs, although I have no eggs at the moment to compare it with.<\/p>\n
I checked back on a photo of Topaz first two eggs last year along side a shop bought one and they were quite large, almost as big as the shop bought egg. This egg is very small so I think it is Barley’s egg.<\/p>\n
Topaz showed no more interest in the nest box once I had removed the egg and went to bed as usual tonight.<\/p>\n
I keep looking at Butterscotch’s head to see if there are any more missing feathers but it is really difficult to say. I think she may have lost some more but I keep comparing photos and it’s really difficult to see. This is really bugging me at the moment but there is nothing I can do about it.<\/p>\n
Only time will tell and I can only hope this doesn’t beyond her losing her crest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There was a lot less drama today. After Topaz having a determination to be in the nest box at bedtime yesterday she showed no interest at all this morning. It’s as if it’s totally forgotten. While all the girls were … Continue reading