{"id":22141,"date":"2017-08-09T16:20:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T16:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=22141"},"modified":"2017-08-09T16:20:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T16:20:56","slug":"cinnamon-has-a-light-bulb-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=22141","title":{"rendered":"Cinnamon has a &#8220;light bulb&#8221; moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I could tell Cinnamon wanted to lay her egg. She hangs around the patio and is more vocal when she wants to lay.<\/p>\n<p>Soon she was settled in her spot on the perch in the chicken shed. I heaped the pine shavings beneath her.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22157\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22157\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22157\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22157\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22157\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cinnamon_on_the_perch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cinnamon_on_the_perch.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cinnamon_on_the_perch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cinnamon_on_the_perch-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cinnamon on the perch in the chicken shed<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I went back a little later and was surprised to see this.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22158\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22158\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22158\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22158\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22158\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cinnamon_in_the_shavings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cinnamon_in_the_shavings.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cinnamon_in_the_shavings-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/cinnamon_in_the_shavings-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cinnamon in the shavings<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She seems to have had a &#8220;light bulb&#8221; moment and decided that this is actually a good spot to lay her egg.<\/p>\n<p>I checked back a little later and her egg was in the nest she had made in the corner. Well done Cinnamon! I wonder if she will now continue to lay in a sensible place. Time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I could tell Cinnamon wanted to lay her egg. She hangs around the patio and is more vocal when she wants to lay. Soon she was settled in her spot on the perch in the chicken shed. 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