{"id":41286,"date":"2026-01-03T15:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=41286"},"modified":"2026-01-03T15:21:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:21:03","slug":"first-eggs-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=41286","title":{"rendered":"First eggs of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday Red was in the grit for the first time this year. She always used to go the grit the day before laying so I wondered if she was getting ready to start laying again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then Snow started looking in the nest boxes. She also does this before starting to lay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today Snow was in and out of the nest boxes. Then Silver would join her going in and out. Then Red joined in going in and out. I was surprised at all this activity so early in the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snow in the nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Silver in the nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Silver and Snow in the nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Red watches them in the nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Red in the nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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All three in and out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All three girls were constantly in and out. I wondered what triggered the three of them to decide that this was the day for egg laying. I left them to it and returned to check again later. All three girls were out in the run. I checked the nest box and there were three eggs nestled together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First eggs of the year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Red’s larger egg on the left Silver’s egg in the middle and Snow’s usual torpedo shaped egg on the right. I can’t believe that our first eggs of the year are also our first, three egg day, of the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is much earlier than I expected. Silver took a three day break since her last egg so she may be getting into her stride. With three girls laying I may not have to buy eggs every week as I have been doing. It’s amazing to have such an early start to egg laying. Well done girls!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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