{"id":41246,"date":"2025-12-19T12:57:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=41246"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:57:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:57:31","slug":"eggs-or-lack-of-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=41246","title":{"rendered":"Eggs or lack of eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Silver started  laying but ended up laying only two eggs in three days. She is still squatting though. My theory is that it&#8217;s all to do with light levels. During the week Silver laid her two eggs we had a spell of bright sunny days and blue sky. Since then it&#8217;s been fog, cloud and rain with the days being dark and gloomy. I think as soon as we get longer and lighter days Silver and Ginger will start laying again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This afternoon I gave the girls some apple and took the opportunity to take some group photos.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/apple-for-the-girls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/apple-for-the-girls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/apple-for-the-girls.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/apple-for-the-girls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/apple-for-the-girls-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Apple for the girls <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a-group-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a-group-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a-group-photo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a-group-photo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a-group-photo-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A group photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/they-enjoy-having-apple-to-peck-at.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/they-enjoy-having-apple-to-peck-at.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/they-enjoy-having-apple-to-peck-at.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/they-enjoy-having-apple-to-peck-at-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/they-enjoy-having-apple-to-peck-at-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>They enjoy having some apple to peck at<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The moult is properly over now and all the girls are fully feathered and looking lovely. I feel sure it won&#8217;t be too long before start getting eggs again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silver started laying but ended up laying only two eggs in three days. She is still squatting though. My theory is that it&#8217;s all to do with light levels. 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