{"id":24917,"date":"2018-04-12T19:21:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T19:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=24917"},"modified":"2018-04-12T19:21:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T19:21:07","slug":"more-non-egg-laying-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=24917","title":{"rendered":"More non egg laying activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dandelion has looked a bit brighter today and hasn&#8217;t gone to the nest box at all. Freckles and Cinnamon both laid their egg.<\/p>\n<p>Speckles sat in the nest box with a little heap of pine shavings on her back while Emerald kept her company.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24933\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24933\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24933\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24933\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24933\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/speckles-is-in-the-nest-box-and-emerald-is-keeping-her-company.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/speckles-is-in-the-nest-box-and-emerald-is-keeping-her-company.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/speckles-is-in-the-nest-box-and-emerald-is-keeping-her-company-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/speckles-is-in-the-nest-box-and-emerald-is-keeping-her-company-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speckles is in the nest box with Emerald keeping her company<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24934\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24934\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24934\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24934\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/emerald-says-greets-me.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/emerald-says-greets-me.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/emerald-says-greets-me-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/emerald-says-greets-me-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald greets me<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Later they were back in the run and I checked the nest box. Still no egg. They must think they should be laying but it&#8217;s just not happening. It&#8217;s all a bit weird.<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago we saw the first baby slow worm of the year in the same spot as last year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24936\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24936\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24936\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24936\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/our-first-baby-sloworm-of-the-year.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/our-first-baby-sloworm-of-the-year.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/our-first-baby-sloworm-of-the-year-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/our-first-baby-sloworm-of-the-year-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our first baby slow worm of the year<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24937\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24937\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24937\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24937\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/my-thumb-for-a-size-comparison.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/my-thumb-for-a-size-comparison.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/my-thumb-for-a-size-comparison-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/my-thumb-for-a-size-comparison-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My thumb for a size comparison<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is good to know that they are still breeding in our garden.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day Dandelion hadn&#8217;t visited the nest box or laid her egg (she used to lay it in the run sometimes) but she seemed a bit brighter so we will just have to wait to see how she goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dandelion has looked a bit brighter today and hasn&#8217;t gone to the nest box at all. Freckles and Cinnamon both laid their egg. 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