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<\/a>The first egg of the year in the front of the frying pan<\/p><\/div>\n
Today Barley went into the nest box and I realised that I had probably made a mistake.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Barley is in the nest box<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Emerald and Speckles come to have a look<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Peaches comes to have a look<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>There is a bit of a meeting about it<\/p><\/div>\n
After the other girls dispersed Barley settled into the nest box. When I returned about five minutes later she was outside the nest box pecking at a bit of apple and there was a warm egg in the nest box. All the other girls were perched in the run so there was no doubt that this was Barley’s egg. She was so quick that it’s not surprising I didn’t catch her in the nest box the other day.<\/p>\n
Because we ate the other eggs for breakfast we now don’t have any eggs to compare the size with but we both think that this one is a bit bigger than the last one. She must have just laid an extra small egg as her first one. I photographed it in the egg stand as the best comparison I could make.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Second egg of the year<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>First egg of the year<\/p><\/div>\n
The first photo is today’s egg and the photo above is from the day before yesterday. We definitely think today’s egg is a bit bigger.<\/p>\n
Well done Barley! I feel a bit silly now for assuming it was Freckles but it was so small. Barley seems to be starting to lay a bit earlier each year which is a bonus. Last year Peaches started two weeks later and her comb isn’t as red as Barley’s comb so I imagine it will be a few more weeks yet.<\/p>\n
Hurrah for the start of the egg laying but we will still have to wait a bit longer for the little girls to start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The day before yesterday we had our first egg of the year. I thought that as it was so tiny it must be Freckles egg. This morning for our Sunday breakfast we had the last two shop bought eggs plus … Continue reading