{"id":32450,"date":"2021-02-14T15:53:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=32450"},"modified":"2021-02-14T15:53:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T15:53:01","slug":"smoke-lays-an-egg-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=32450","title":{"rendered":"Smoke lays an egg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ebony is getting ready to lay again and has been practising over recent days. Smoke doesn’t need to practise. When Smoke is ready to start laying she just settles in a nest box and gets the job done. It’s a month since Smoke last laid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today Ebony and Smoke both wanted the same, favourite, nest box at exactly the same time. There was shouting. Smoke settled in the favourite nest box, next to the store cabinet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ebony went into the same nest box and Smoke left. Smoke settled in the nest box next door and all went calm and quiet. A bit later I heard the egg shout from Smoke and both girls were out in the run. I checked the nest boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No egg in Ebony’s nest box so it was a false alarm but in Smoke’s nest box there was her egg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ebony wants the same nest box that Smoke is in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ebony gets the favourite nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Smoke settles in the nest box next door<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Shadow and Smoke’s eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Smoke’s egg is on the right and Shadow’s first egg is on the left for size comparison. Smoke’s first egg is always a bit smaller than usual and her next egg will be a bit bigger than this one. Smoke’s eggs are always almost round. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It looks like the egg season has begun. It will be lovely to have our own eggs again but I expect more nest box dramas to come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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