{"id":27613,"date":"2019-01-23T10:24:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T10:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=27613"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:26:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T10:26:02","slug":"i-wonder-if-smoke-is-going-broody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=27613","title":{"rendered":"I wonder if Smoke is going broody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the last three days I have thought that Smoke might be going broody and yet for the last three days she has laid an egg.<\/p>\n<p>I would notice that she had been in the nest box for a long time. At first all morning and then as her egg got later it would be all afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>When I checked on Smoke she behaved like a broody. She puffed herself up, raised her tail, made an angry sound and went to peck me when I lifted her from the nest box.<\/p>\n<p>When I lifted her each time there was her egg. Her eggs are distinct as they are larger and rounder than any of the other little girls&#8217; eggs.\u00a0 I sat her on the patio and she sat for a while like a broody girl does. After that though she went to the food dish and then out into the run as usual and didn&#8217;t return to the nest box.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27623\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=27623\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27623\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27623\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27623\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/smoke-with-an-angry-gleam-in-her-eye.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/smoke-with-an-angry-gleam-in-her-eye.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/smoke-with-an-angry-gleam-in-her-eye-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/smoke-with-an-angry-gleam-in-her-eye-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke with an angry gleam in her eye<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_27624\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=27624\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27624\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27624\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27624\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/smoke-in-a-broody-pose.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/smoke-in-a-broody-pose.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/smoke-in-a-broody-pose-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/smoke-in-a-broody-pose-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke in a broody pose<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_27625\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=27625\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27625\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27625\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27625\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/smoke-with-her-some-what-ragged-feathers-raised-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/smoke-with-her-some-what-ragged-feathers-raised-up.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/smoke-with-her-some-what-ragged-feathers-raised-up-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/smoke-with-her-some-what-ragged-feathers-raised-up-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke with her somewhat ragged tail feathers raised up<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s as if she is almost broody but not quite. It is most odd. I will update as she goes on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last three days I have thought that Smoke might be going broody and yet for the last three days she has laid an egg. 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