{"id":2037,"date":"2012-11-18T10:49:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T10:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2012-11-18T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T10:52:13","slug":"is-treacle-about-to-lay-an-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=2037","title":{"rendered":"Is Treacle about to lay an egg?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think Treacle may be about to lay an egg. Having said recently that she may not lay until spring, I have read of people getting their first egg on a snowy winters day so anything is possible.<\/p>\n

Lately if I put my hand anywhere near Treacle she instantly squats down. This last week she has been getting in the coop when I do my morning clean up and looking at the nest box. She would stand on the perch below and have a good look in. This morning when I was cleaning the coop she actually went and sat in the nest box a couple of times as if sizing it up. She inspected the plastic egg which I put in the nest box to show that it is the place to lay.<\/p>\n

Later on in the morning she was back in the nest box and scratching around like crazy.<\/p>\n

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Treacle ensconced in the nest box<\/p><\/div>\n

When she came out I had a look in and saw that she had scratched the shavings from the middle of the box and flicked the egg out. I decided to double up the depth of the shavings.<\/p>\n

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Treacle has scratched out the pine shavings<\/p><\/div>\n

The other girls are outside the coop wondering what she is up to.<\/p>\n

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Clean and dry patio<\/p><\/div>\n

This picture shows how much better the patio looks now that it has dried after yesterdays clean up. The spot where the drinker used to be is now dry.<\/p>\n

Treacle is continuing to keep going back in the nest box, I am quite excited and am wondering if we may get an egg today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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