{"id":29575,"date":"2019-08-12T14:38:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T14:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=29575"},"modified":"2019-08-12T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T14:38:08","slug":"another-broody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=29575","title":{"rendered":"Another broody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few days I had the feeling that Marmite was going broody. She was spending much longer in the nest box and making the clucking sound.<\/p>\n<p>Last night I had to lift both Smoke and Marmite from the nest boxes at bedtime and perch them in the chicken shed.<\/p>\n<p>Today I lifted both girls out of the nest box to take a break and to remove other girls&#8217; eggs which they had been sitting on.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29590\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=29590\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29590\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29590\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29590\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-pair-of-broodies-together.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-pair-of-broodies-together.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-pair-of-broodies-together-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/a-pair-of-broodies-together-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pair of broodies together<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can see the angry gleam in Smoke&#8217;s eye. Marmite is a more docile girl. When I next checked on them they were together in one of the nest boxes as both the other nest boxes were occupied with girls trying to actually lay their eggs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29591\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=29591\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29591\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29591\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29591\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/broodies-in-the-nest-box-together.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/broodies-in-the-nest-box-together.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/broodies-in-the-nest-box-together-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/broodies-in-the-nest-box-together-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Broodies in the nest box together<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oh well, at least this way they only clog up one nest box. Smoke doesn&#8217;t look best pleased at sharing though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few days I had the feeling that Marmite was going broody. She was spending much longer in the nest box and making the clucking sound. 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