{"id":39458,"date":"2025-01-30T14:13:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T14:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=39458"},"modified":"2025-01-30T14:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T14:13:34","slug":"snows-first-egg-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=39458","title":{"rendered":"Snow&#8217;s first egg of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After checking out the nest boxes for the last couple of days today Snow settled in the nest box. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/two-snow-is-in-the-nest-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/two-snow-is-in-the-nest-box.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/two-snow-is-in-the-nest-box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/two-snow-is-in-the-nest-box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/two-snow-is-in-the-nest-box-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Snow is back 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\/2025\/01\/snow-is-settled-in-the-nest-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snow-is-settled-in-the-nest-box.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snow-is-settled-in-the-nest-box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snow-is-settled-in-the-nest-box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snow-is-settled-in-the-nest-box-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Snow is settled in the nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I next checked on Snow she was back out in the run. I checked the nest box and there was her egg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snows-first-egg-of-the-year.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snows-first-egg-of-the-year.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snows-first-egg-of-the-year.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snows-first-egg-of-the-year-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snows-first-egg-of-the-year-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Snow&#8217;s first egg of the year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the left is Snow&#8217;s egg laid today, in the middle is Red&#8217;s egg laid yesterday and on the right is a medium shop bought egg for size comparison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well done Snow! That is early in the year to start back laying. It will be great to have a few more eggs at this time of year.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After checking out the nest boxes for the last couple of days today Snow settled in the nest box. When I next checked on Snow she was back out in the run. 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