{"id":36935,"date":"2023-05-26T18:34:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T18:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=36935"},"modified":"2023-05-26T18:35:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T18:35:30","slug":"sugar-lays-another-tiny-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=36935","title":{"rendered":"Sugar lays another tiny egg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday Sugar sat in the nest box for about an hour. I hoped that she might lay a normal egg this time. She came out of the nest box and I checked. She had laid another tiny egg that was possibly even smaller than the last one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I held off writing a post until today to see if it would be followed by a large egg. Sugar sat in the nest box for two hours this morning but came out without laying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sugar’s second tiny egg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Next to a pound coin for size comparison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It has a little calcium bubble on the top of the shell and the shell was hard to break once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I thought this one had no yolk but I think it has a very pale yolk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sugar’s feathers seem a bit ruffled and she has a mucky bottom. She also spends a lot of time sitting on the ground although she has spells of looking normal in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sugar’s feathers seem sort of fluffy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sugar spends a lot of time sitting like this<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I know that all is not right with Sugar. I have never had this before though so there is nothing to do but wait and see how she progresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am also a bit worried about Salmon. Salmon has been very vocal lately and I dread that she may come back into lay. Like Sugar she looks fine some of the time but also has a mucky bottom. Some of the time she too sits and seems to be breathing heavily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salmon sometimes looks great<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Salmon not looking good either<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I wouldn’t be surprised if we lost these two girls this year. I am not happy with how they are both looking. Salmon has had a good run being our eldest serama yet but I know that her time may be running out. I also know that whatever is going on with Sugar she is not quite right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other girls are looking fine and all three laid today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Storm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am trying to stay positive but I am also trying to be realistic and prepare myself for the worst. If I lose Salmon and Sugar in the near future that will be the end of my serama journey. I have loved these little girls but they seem so fragile and I have lost so many that it has also been heartbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going forward I will try to bring in hardier breeds. After recent additions I have decided that I am happier with small bantam breeds but I need to go for more robust breeds in future. I don’t want the constant worry of seramas despite loving each and every one of them that we have had.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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