{"id":37996,"date":"2024-02-29T14:18:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=37996"},"modified":"2024-02-29T14:19:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:19:36","slug":"another-girl-has-started-laying-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=37996","title":{"rendered":"Another girl has started laying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This morning Dot was in the nest box by the gate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dot-in-the-nest-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dot-in-the-nest-box.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dot-in-the-nest-box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dot-in-the-nest-box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dot-in-the-nest-box-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dot in the nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dot now has a lovely red comb. I had felt for the last few days that she was getting ready to lay again. It wasn&#8217;t long before I heard the egg shout and when I checked Dot had laid. Her egg has her signature little calcium bubbles on it and a faint blood streak as first eggs of the season often have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not long after Gold laid her egg in the same nest box and then Storm laid in her usual nest box next to the chicken shed. We now have our first, three egg, day of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storms-egg-on-the-left-Golds-egg-in-the-middle-and-dots-egg-on-the-right.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storms-egg-on-the-left-Golds-egg-in-the-middle-and-dots-egg-on-the-right.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storms-egg-on-the-left-Golds-egg-in-the-middle-and-dots-egg-on-the-right.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storms-egg-on-the-left-Golds-egg-in-the-middle-and-dots-egg-on-the-right-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storms-egg-on-the-left-Golds-egg-in-the-middle-and-dots-egg-on-the-right-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Storm&#8217;s egg on the left, Gold&#8217;s egg in the middle and Dot&#8217;s egg on the right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-shop-bought-egg-on-the-right-for-size-comparison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-shop-bought-egg-on-the-right-for-size-comparison.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-shop-bought-egg-on-the-right-for-size-comparison.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-shop-bought-egg-on-the-right-for-size-comparison-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/a-shop-bought-egg-on-the-right-for-size-comparison-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A medium shop bought egg on the right for size comparison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had just bought some eggs but hopefully they will be the last that I will need to buy for a while. Three egg laying girls should give us enough eggs. Well done Dot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning Dot was in the nest box by the gate. Dot now has a lovely red comb. I had felt for the last few days that she was getting ready to lay again. 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