{"id":36456,"date":"2023-03-25T16:24:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T16:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=36456"},"modified":"2023-03-25T18:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T18:37:52","slug":"sugar-lays-her-first-egg-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=36456","title":{"rendered":"Sugar lays her first egg of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had a feeling today that Sugar was getting ready to lay. When I checked on the girls and Sugar was missing I checked the nest boxes. Sugar was in the current favourite nest box by the chicken gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugar-is-in-the-nest-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugar-is-in-the-nest-box.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugar-is-in-the-nest-box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugar-is-in-the-nest-box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugar-is-in-the-nest-box-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sugar is in the nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-bit-later-sugar-is-looking-settled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-bit-later-sugar-is-looking-settled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-bit-later-sugar-is-looking-settled.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-bit-later-sugar-is-looking-settled-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a-bit-later-sugar-is-looking-settled-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A bit later Sugar was settled in the nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I checked back a bit later Sugar had laid her egg. It had a blood streak on it like a first egg often has. As long as it&#8217;s only on the first egg it isn&#8217;t a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugars-first-egg-of-the-year-has-a-streak-of-blood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugars-first-egg-of-the-year-has-a-streak-of-blood.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugars-first-egg-of-the-year-has-a-streak-of-blood.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugars-first-egg-of-the-year-has-a-streak-of-blood-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugars-first-egg-of-the-year-has-a-streak-of-blood-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sugar&#8217;s first egg of the year has a streak of blood on it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugars-egg-in-the-middle-of-two-of-dots-eggs-for-size-comparison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugars-egg-in-the-middle-of-two-of-dots-eggs-for-size-comparison.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugars-egg-in-the-middle-of-two-of-dots-eggs-for-size-comparison.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugars-egg-in-the-middle-of-two-of-dots-eggs-for-size-comparison-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sugars-egg-in-the-middle-of-two-of-dots-eggs-for-size-comparison-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sugar&#8217;s egg in the middle of two of Dot&#8217;s eggs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a week later than Sugar starting laying last year. I am so pleased that she has got her first egg laid successfully because after losing two girls earlier in the year I have become a bit nervous of the girls starting to lay. I just hope that Salmon doesn&#8217;t lay again this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s good to see that sugar is looking good. I know that she will probably only lay for a couple of weeks before she goes broody but we are used to that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a feeling today that Sugar was getting ready to lay. When I checked on the girls and Sugar was missing I checked the nest boxes. Sugar was in the current favourite nest box by the chicken gate. 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