{"id":8398,"date":"2014-06-27T09:18:33","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T09:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=8398"},"modified":"2014-06-27T09:18:33","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T09:18:33","slug":"we-all-want-the-same-nest-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=8398","title":{"rendered":"We all want the same nest box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It always seems that which ever next box is chosen by the first girl that wants to lay then that nest box is the one most desirable to all the girls. There are three nest boxes yet when three girls want to lay at about the same time then all three of them want THAT nest box.<\/p>\n<p>Sparkle goes into her chosen nest box and Toffee wants to get in there too.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8417\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/toffee_watches_sparkle_in_the-nest-box.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8417\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8417\" alt=\"Toffee watches Sparkle in the nest box\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/toffee_watches_sparkle_in_the-nest-box.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toffee watches Sparkle in the nest box<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8420\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/toffee_decides_to_join_sparkle.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8420\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8420\" alt=\"Toffee decides to join Sparkle in the nest box\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/toffee_decides_to_join_sparkle.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toffee decides to join Sparkle in the nest box<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8421\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/honey_comesto_watch_too.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8421\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8421\" alt=\"Honey comes over and watches them in the nest box\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/honey_comesto_watch_too.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honey comes over and watches them in the nest box<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8422\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/we_all_want_this_nest-box.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8422\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8422\" alt=\"We all want this nest box\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/we_all_want_this_nest-box.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We all want this nest box<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8423\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/toffee_and_sparkle_share.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8423\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8423\" alt=\"Toffee and Sparkle share the nest box\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/toffee_and_sparkle_share.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toffee and Sparkle share the nest box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The odd thing was that after Sparkle laid her egg in here Toffee lost interest in this nest box and went and laid her egg in the nest box in the main coop. Shortly after that Honey also laid her egg in the nest box in the main coop.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that a nest box is most desirable when another girl is using it. Who knows what goes on their little chicken brains!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It always seems that which ever next box is chosen by the first girl that wants to lay then that nest box is the one most desirable to all the girls. 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