{"id":21211,"date":"2017-06-02T09:10:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T09:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=21211"},"modified":"2017-06-02T09:10:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T09:10:39","slug":"egg-laying-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=21211","title":{"rendered":"Egg laying spots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Emerald was in the cat box when Dandelion wanted to lay her egg. As usual she did a bit of shouting before deciding on which spot she wanted to lay her egg. When I checked and she wasn’t in either nest box I looked in the chicken shed and there she was settled down in the corner just inside the pop hole.<\/p>\n

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Dandelion’s latest spot to lay her egg<\/p><\/div>\n

When I next checked Rusty had squeezed into the cat box next to Emerald. She has obviously decided that this is where she must lay her eggs now. I went for my camera but when I returned Rusty was on the patio pecking at a bit of apple and her little egg was beside Emerald in the cat box.<\/p>\n

A bit later Emerald had left the cat box with her egg in it and Dandelion was still in the corner of the shed. I lifted Dandelion and there was her egg. At least she had laid it where she wanted to this time. I don’t mind at all if she wants to lay it in the shed.<\/p>\n

Emerald is still laying nearly every day and has never laid beyond May before so I am amazed at how well she is doing. She must be a happy girl. We have had her for four years and she was an adult girl when we got her, \u00a0possibly a couple of years old.<\/p>\n

Emerald laid the most eggs in May with a total of nineteen. Freckles was second best with sixteen. They are the two best layers.<\/p>\n

Apricot did her usual, practice sit, in the nest box but left of her own accord this time. I am sure she will start laying soon. She is practising every day. I just love having such a happy flock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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