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<\/a><\/a>Gold went broody again five days ago and has just come out of it today. She had laid thirteen eggs in nineteen days. Storm has gone broody today for the first time this year. She had laid twenty six eggs in three months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Popcorn had laid three little eggs. The second one two days after the first then the third, one day after the last. Then this morning there were two soft shelled eggs under her roost spot despite her having laid yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I think that what has happened is that Popcorn produced a double yolk which sometimes happens with new layers but her system tried to put a shell round both yolks and didn’t have enough calcium for two shells. Luckily because her eggs are so small she didn’t have a problem laying them. She looked absolutely fine this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hopefully this is just a blip. It seems like she is laying too many eggs too quickly but hopefully that will settle down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I scrambled her eggs and added chopped tomato and gave them to the flock who wolfed them down in no time at all. I hope Popcorn takes a day off egg laying tomorrow. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since the girls have been mixed both Popcorn and Maple have followed the flock into the chicken shed each night. They usually settle together in the corner underneath the corner perch and I move them up to the perch each … Continue reading <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>