{"id":39742,"date":"2025-04-07T16:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T16:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=39742"},"modified":"2025-04-07T16:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T16:47:11","slug":"snow-lays-a-normal-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=39742","title":{"rendered":"Snow lays a normal egg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Snow last laid a small soft shelled egg inside another small soft shelled egg and then two days later a normal hard shelled egg inside a huge soft shelled egg. Today I knew she would lay again as she lays every two days but her posture looked normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she settled in the nest box I really hoped this time she would lay a normal egg. Snow seemed to be in the nest box for quite a long time. When she came out I went to check on her egg almost holding my breath. Her egg was normal sized and had a hard shell. We were so relieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snow-after-laying-a-normal-egg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snow-after-laying-a-normal-egg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snow-after-laying-a-normal-egg.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snow-after-laying-a-normal-egg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/snow-after-laying-a-normal-egg-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Snow just after laying a normal egg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reds-egg-on-the-right-for-size-comparison-and-snows-egg-on-the-left.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reds-egg-on-the-right-for-size-comparison-and-snows-egg-on-the-left.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reds-egg-on-the-right-for-size-comparison-and-snows-egg-on-the-left.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reds-egg-on-the-right-for-size-comparison-and-snows-egg-on-the-left-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/reds-egg-on-the-right-for-size-comparison-and-snows-egg-on-the-left-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Red&#8217;s egg on the right for size comparison and Snow&#8217;s normal sized egg on the left<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The huge soft shelled egg with the normal hard shelled egg inside was bigger than Red&#8217;s egg. Today Snow&#8217;s egg is much smaller than Red&#8217;s egg which is normal.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really hope this whole thing was just a blip and she will remain laying normal eggs from now on. It is so good seeing her looking back to normal again. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snow last laid a small soft shelled egg inside another small soft shelled egg and then two days later a normal hard shelled egg inside a huge soft shelled egg. 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