{"id":4811,"date":"2013-06-13T07:54:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T07:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=4811"},"modified":"2013-06-13T07:54:08","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T07:54:08","slug":"ambers-next-egg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=4811","title":{"rendered":"Amber’s next egg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night before bedtime Amber looked unwell again and I knew she was about to lay another egg. She had been her usual bright self all day but at bedtime was just standing on the spot with her eyes closing. I now know this to be the sign of an egg on the way and wonder if it is always going to be like this when she lays.<\/p>\n

I went in at dusk and both little girls had gone in the coop. The big girls were together on the high perch just like the night before. This seems to be the new routine!<\/p>\n

This morning all the girls ran to greet me and I could see that Amber was back to her normal self again. I checked the nest box and sure enough, there was her next egg.<\/p>\n

\"Amber's<\/a>

Amber’s sixth egg<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Amber's<\/a>

Amber’s fith egg on the left and her sixth egg on the right<\/p><\/div>\n

I don’t know why Amber is having problems with her eggs. All of Honey’s eggs have been normal (nine in total) whereas Amber has laid two tiny eggs, two soft shelled eggs, one normal egg and now one almost normal egg. I do wonder if Amber has started her egg laying at a younger age as she is quite a bit smaller than Honey. I would say that Honey is now about a third larger in size than Amber. Both have red, mature, combs though.<\/p>\n

I will be starting the girls on limestone flour today which I hope will help the shells to improve and therefore make the egg laying process easier for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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