{"id":25112,"date":"2018-05-03T16:55:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T16:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25112"},"modified":"2018-05-03T16:55:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T16:55:32","slug":"another-change-of-egg-laying-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=25112","title":{"rendered":"Another change of egg laying habit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had been doing some gardening today and all the girls were watching me and waiting for any worms that I dug up.<\/p>\n<p>Then I went into the run and Dandelion was missing. I thought she was probably laying her egg and I checked both nest boxes but there was sign of her. I looked in the chicken shed and she didn&#8217;t appear to be in there either. Even though I know my run is secure and there was no way that she could get out a little pang of fear still clutched at me. I kept telling myself that there was no way she could have disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>I checked behind the shelters and did the rounds again of looking in the nest boxes and the chicken shed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25133\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=25133\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25133\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25133\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25133\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/i-looked-in-the-chciken-shed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/i-looked-in-the-chciken-shed.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/i-looked-in-the-chciken-shed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/i-looked-in-the-chciken-shed-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I looked in the chicken shed<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My common sense was telling me that she must be in here somewhere and I stepped into the chicken shed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25134\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=25134\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25134\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25134\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25134\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/there-she-is.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/there-she-is.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/there-she-is-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/there-she-is-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There she is<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25135\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=25135\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25135\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25135\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dandelion-has-chosen-a-different-corner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dandelion-has-chosen-a-different-corner.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dandelion-has-chosen-a-different-corner-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/dandelion-has-chosen-a-different-corner-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dandelion had chosen a different corner to lay her egg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There she was tucked into the corner behind the pop hole. I have never seen Dandelion or any of the girls choose this corner before.<\/p>\n<p>Dandelion soon laid her tiny egg in this corner and Emerald and Cinnamon laid their egg in the nest boxes so we have had a three egg day today.<\/p>\n<p>These girls never cease to surprise me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had been doing some gardening today and all the girls were watching me and waiting for any worms that I dug up. Then I went into the run and Dandelion was missing. 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