{"id":28704,"date":"2019-05-11T06:48:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T06:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=28704"},"modified":"2019-05-11T06:48:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T06:48:15","slug":"a-very-strange-phenomenon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=28704","title":{"rendered":"A very strange phenomenon"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that Vanilla had completely regressed to being a chick. A weird thing happened yesterday. I saw Vanilla checking out the nest boxes in the morning. I wondered if she was getting ready to lay again. It has been three weeks since she last laid. After briefly going broody she started behaving like a chick to Flame.<\/p>\n

I know that after being broody the girls take a break before laying again but I wondered if it would be the same after regressing to being a chick.<\/p>\n

It was a very busy morning with egg laying. Jasmine laid first thing and then Cinnamon laid soon after. Salmon and Smoke shared a nest box and laid their eggs side by side. Marmite settled in the nest box and she always takes ages.<\/p>\n

Spangle hasn’t laid for twelve days. I am not sure why Spangle isn’t laying which is a bit worrying but she looks fine. I had to go out and when I returned Marmite was out in the run. I checked the nest box and her egg was there alongside a tiny egg like the “first eggs” most of the seramas have laid.<\/p>\n

I can only think that Vanilla has laid as if it’s her first egg again. This is the most serama eggs we have ever had in one day with only one girl not laying so this egg could only be from Vanilla or Spangle and as Spangle isn’t laying and hasn’t looked in a nest box today but Vanilla was looking in the nest box I think that it must be Vanilla’s egg.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday’s eggs with the tiny egg on the right<\/p><\/div>\n

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I think this must be Vanilla’s egg<\/p><\/div>\n

It seems that Vanilla had so firmly regressed to being a chick that she has laid a “first” tiny egg again. That’s the only explanation I can think of. We seem to be having weird behaviour from our girls. It will be interesting to see if Vanilla lays again soon. Hopefully this will mean she has grown up again!<\/p>\n

Last night I checked on the girls at half past seven. They were all out in the run except for Flame. I looked in the chicken shed and Flame was sitting in the middle of the floor spread out as wide as she could make herself. So it seems that it is Flame now continuing with this, waiting for Vanilla to come to her.<\/p>\n

I put Flame in the crate and when I checked the girls at dusk Vanilla was perched up with the rest of the amigos. I will continue to separate Flame at bedtime until she starts perching again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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