{"id":27333,"date":"2018-12-28T11:45:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T11:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=27333"},"modified":"2018-12-28T11:45:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T11:45:06","slug":"marmites-first-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=27333","title":{"rendered":"Marmite’s first egg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marmite finally got her first egg laid today a week after she first started practising. She had been sitting in the nest box for almost an hour so I was sure that today was going to be the day.<\/p>\n

What a surprise her first egg was. It is the tiniest egg we have ever seen.<\/p>\n

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Marmite is determined to get her first egg laid<\/p><\/div>\n

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Marmite’s first egg<\/p><\/div>\n

Ebony’s egg is on the left, Smoke’s egg is in the middle and Marmite’s teeny, tiny, egg is on the right next to a pound coin for size comparison.<\/p>\n

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Marmite’s first egg sat on a pound coin<\/p><\/div>\n

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And next to a pound coin<\/p><\/div>\n

It has a calcium blob on the top.<\/p>\n

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Marmite’s perfectly formed, teeny, tiny, first egg<\/p><\/div>\n

These tiny first eggs are often called “wind eggs” because sometimes they are empty or just have white in them but this one has a tiny yolk surrounded by white.<\/p>\n

I am amazed that after a week of trying to lay Marmite has laid such a tiny egg. It will be interesting to see what her next egg is like. Well done Marmite!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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