{"id":30943,"date":"2020-04-06T10:49:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T10:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=30943"},"modified":"2020-04-06T10:49:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T10:49:27","slug":"flame-is-broody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=30943","title":{"rendered":"Flame is broody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Both Smoke first and then Marmite started laying again, a week ago, after they came out of their broody spell. A few days ago Flame went broody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hoped like Smoke and Marmite that if I tried to break Flame out of it straight away it might be relatively easy. Not so! I have been locking Flame out of the nest boxes for the last three days and she now sits on top of the nest box instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have decided to leave her to it. There is no point in having her sit on top of the nest box instead of more comfortably inside it. It is a pain as she is by far the best, bigger girl, layer but we will just have to manage without her eggs for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flame after I have lifted her from the nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Broody Flame sitting on top of the nest box with the bucket and gloves blocking the pop hole

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While I was taking these photos of Flame, Speckles jumped on my back. My husband was standing at the chicken run gate watching so I handed the camera to him to take a photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speckles on my shoulder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Speckles has always had this habit of jumping on me. When I clean up the run, Speckles follows me, chatting to me and waiting for the chance to jump on me. When I am on their patio area if I bend slightly to look in a nest box Speckles jumps straight on to my back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speckles is now my only girl to do this and I think that of all the girls Speckles is the most attached to me. It is quite endearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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