![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/birthday_card.jpg\")
<\/a>One of my birthday cards<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/flamingos.jpg\")
<\/a>And another birthday card<\/p><\/div>\n
I took some portraits of the girls.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i_am_wondering_if_cinnamon_is_going_broody.jpg\")
<\/a>I wondered if Cinnamon was going broody<\/p><\/div>\n
She was in the nest box for an hour and had a broody look about her. After an hour I lifted her and she had laid her egg. I took her out of the nest box and she shouted for a bit but then carried on as normal. Maybe she isn’t broody yet but just thinking about it. She has been laying for three weeks now.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dandelion.jpg\")
<\/a>Dandelion is looking great<\/p><\/div>\n
She has now laid eight eggs and of those only three were in the nest box but I am sure she will get the hang of it eventually.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dirty_face.jpg\")
<\/a>Apricot<\/p><\/div>\n
She isn’t laying yet but her comb has matured so I think she won’t be long. She isn’t squatting yet though.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rusty_again.jpg\")
<\/a>Rusty<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/freckles.jpg\")
<\/a>Freckles<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/cinnamon.jpg\")
<\/a>Cinnamon out of the nest box<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/emerald.jpg\")
<\/a>Emerald<\/p><\/div>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/speckles.jpg\")
<\/a>Speckles<\/p><\/div>\n
Her head feathers are growing.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/emerald_again.jpg\")
<\/a>Emerald<\/p><\/div>\n
She has such a red face and is still laying almost every day and it’s a week later than she stopped last year. I think she is enjoying being one of only two bigger girls.<\/p>\n
I am really thrilled with my new camera. It’s so much quicker at both taking the photos and loading them on to the computer. I think there is more detail in the photos too. I am very happy with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have been trying out my new camera. I took some portraits of the girls. She was in the nest box for an hour and had a broody look about her. After an hour I lifted her and she had … Continue reading