{"id":30812,"date":"2020-03-23T10:28:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T10:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=30812"},"modified":"2020-03-23T10:28:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T10:28:45","slug":"we-are-done-with-being-broody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=30812","title":{"rendered":"We are done with being broody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The day before yesterday I shut all the nest boxes and the chicken shed pop hole after Spangle and Salmon had laid their eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I expected the two broody girls, Smoke and Marmite, to settle in a corner of the chicken shed once I had opened the pop hole at bedtime. To my surprise both girls perched at bedtime. Hurrah! That is a good sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday morning I could tell that both Flame and Ebony were ready to lay.   I recognise their vocal calls when they want to lay. Flame has a mournful call and Ebony has a shouting call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I opened up both Flame&#8217;s and Ebony&#8217;s favourite nest boxes. Ebony is the only girl to favour the nest box by the gate. I must say the girls were being very cooperative. Both Flame and Ebony settled in the nest boxes straight away after I had opened them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I expected Smoke to join Flame in the nest box but to my surprise she didn&#8217;t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/flame-is-ready-to-lay-her-egg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/flame-is-ready-to-lay-her-egg.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/flame-is-ready-to-lay-her-egg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/flame-is-ready-to-lay-her-egg-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Flame is ready to lay her egg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ebony-is-ready-to-lay-her-egg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ebony-is-ready-to-lay-her-egg.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ebony-is-ready-to-lay-her-egg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ebony-is-ready-to-lay-her-egg-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Ebony is ready to lay her egg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ebony has placed a few pine shavings on herself. Great camouflage, we can hardly see her now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I checked back about twenty minutes later both girls had laid their egg and I closed the nest boxes. This was all going rather well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At bedtime Smoke and Marmite were again perched up in the chicken shed. This was great news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning I decided to try opening all the nest boxes and Smoke and Marmite took no notice. We are done with being broody! That&#8217;s probably the easiest I have ever broken broodiness. I think the key is to do it quickly before they have really settled into it. Hurrah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day before yesterday I shut all the nest boxes and the chicken shed pop hole after Spangle and Salmon had laid their eggs. 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