{"id":40108,"date":"2025-05-18T18:23:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=40108"},"modified":"2025-05-18T18:23:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:23:49","slug":"gold-is-broody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=40108","title":{"rendered":"Gold is broody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The day after Snow came back into lay Gold went broody. It really has been one in and one out constantly this year. I don&#8217;t remember such a broody year as this but I wonder if it&#8217;s because we have had such good weather early in the year which would be ideal for raising chicks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we are back to three layers being Snow, Cloud and Mango. Gold has laid seven eggs in ten days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gold-back-to-broody.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gold-back-to-broody.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gold-back-to-broody.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gold-back-to-broody-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gold-back-to-broody-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Gold back to broody<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing about Gold though is that when I lift her from the nest box for a break she always goes for a dust bath. Her favourite place at the moment is one of the many large holes Red has dug all round the run. It&#8217;s the deepest one at the bottom end of the run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gold-has-a-dust-bath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gold-has-a-dust-bath.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gold-has-a-dust-bath.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gold-has-a-dust-bath-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gold-has-a-dust-bath-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Gold has a dust bath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/in-a-deep-hole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/in-a-deep-hole.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/in-a-deep-hole.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/in-a-deep-hole-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/in-a-deep-hole-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>In a deep hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am hoping that Red comes back into lay soon. This really is a yo yo year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day after Snow came back into lay Gold went broody. It really has been one in and one out constantly this year. 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