{"id":27273,"date":"2018-12-20T15:58:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T15:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=27273"},"modified":"2018-12-20T15:59:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T15:59:54","slug":"marmite-is-getting-ready-to-lay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=27273","title":{"rendered":"Marmite is getting ready to lay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have felt today that Marmite is getting ready to lay. She has been very vocal all day and has been checking out the nest boxes.<\/p>\n<p>I gave the girls some yogurt as a treat and Marmite was quick to the yogurt in between standing on the nest boxes and looking in them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27283\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=27283\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27283\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27283\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27283\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/yogurt-beak.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/yogurt-beak.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/yogurt-beak-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/yogurt-beak-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marmite with a yogurt beak<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_27284\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=27284\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27284\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27284\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/red-comb-face-and-wattles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/red-comb-face-and-wattles.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/red-comb-face-and-wattles-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/red-comb-face-and-wattles-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Look at her red, comb, face and wattles<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_27285\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=27285\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27285\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27285\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27285\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/marmite-and-smoke.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/marmite-and-smoke.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/marmite-and-smoke-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/marmite-and-smoke-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marmite and Smoke together at the yogurt, bottom and top of the amigos<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Look at the state of poor Flame in the background.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27286\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=27286\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27286\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27286\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27286\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/little-anf-large-black-feathered-girls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/little-anf-large-black-feathered-girls.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/little-anf-large-black-feathered-girls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/little-anf-large-black-feathered-girls-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little and large, black feathered, girls together<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting seeing the same coloured, different sized, girls together for comparison.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27287\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=27287\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27287\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27287\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27287\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/investigating-the-nest-boxes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/investigating-the-nest-boxes.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/investigating-the-nest-boxes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/investigating-the-nest-boxes-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marmite investigating the nest boxes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was quite funny seeing Marmite checking out the nest boxes with her yogurt beak. I think she might lay tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have felt today that Marmite is getting ready to lay. She has been very vocal all day and has been checking out the nest boxes. 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