{"id":36109,"date":"2023-01-27T16:22:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=36109"},"modified":"2023-01-27T16:22:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:22:37","slug":"gold-lays-her-first-egg-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=36109","title":{"rendered":"Gold lays her first egg of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gold has a habit of trying to join me as soon as I open the chicken gate. I pick her up and put her back inside the gate. For the last week she has been squatting every time I do this. I wondered if she was getting ready to lay but thought it was a bit early in the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gold has a lovely red comb and has become a bit more vocal too. This morning Gold went into each nest box in turn and scratched out some shavings. I have recently cleaned out the nest boxes and put in fresh shavings ready for spring egg laying to begin so I thought that may be attracting Gold to them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This afternoon Gold was missing so I checked the nest boxes and sure enough she was settled in the nest box by the gate. I came back in for my camera but by the time I got back out to the chicken run she was already laying her egg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gold is laying her egg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gold has just laid her egg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gold’s first egg of the year on the right next to a medium shop bought egg for comparison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is amazing how often I catch the girls actually laying. Her egg is long and slim. The girls usually start laying mid February to March so I wasn’t expecting eggs just yet. Gold is a first year girl so that may be why the early start. She stopped laying at the end of August when she had a partial moult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snowflake has also become more vocal and has a red comb but she continued to lay until the end of November when she had a partial moult. It will be interesting to see if Snowflake starts laying soon too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Storm only has a three month laying season which is May, June and July so I don’t expect her to start any time soon. Diamond is still dropping feathers every day so I am not expecting her to start yet either. It’s a good job she is a very fluffy girl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sugar usually starts laying half way through March. Salmon didn’t lay at all last year so I think she may be finished and Spangle only laid four eggs so she too might be finished. We only got Dot in May so I don’t know how early in the year she will start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is interesting to see when the girls start laying again and it was quite a surprise to see Gold lay today. Well done Gold! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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