Flame has now spent three days looking in every corner of the shed, on and off, all day. I wonder how long it will take her to accept that there are no eggs to sit on.
The day before yesterday Dandelion laid her tiny egg in the patio nest box. I swear broody girls have a sixth sense because when I checked Flame was in the patio nest box. She has never been interested in this nest box before apart from the day that she threw all the shavings out of the chicken shed and both nest boxes. I shooed her out and there was Dandelion’s egg. She must be desperate to sit on such a tiny egg.
Today Dandelion sat in the patio nest box again but this time she didn’t lay as sometimes happens. She has the odd false alarm. Flame had been checking the corners of the shed once more but had also been keeping an eye on Dandelion in the patio nest box.
When Flame was missing again I checked the patio nest box and to my surprise she had just laid her egg there. I wonder if she was checking for Dandelion’s egg and was caught a bit short to lay her own egg. Flame had laid before Ebony the day before but Ebony didn’t lay until after Flame this time. The day before it had been first thing in the morning in the chicken shed and I had expected that to be her last for now. My other broody girls do sometimes lay one or two more eggs at this time.
Next it was Ebony’s turn to lay her egg and the sixth sense kicked in again. Flame stood on guard waiting for Ebony to lay her egg.
Flame spent another morning looking for eggs in the chicken shed
Flame spots the potential for a possible egg to sit on
Flame watches over Ebony as she is about to lay her egg
When I next checked Flame was sat on Ebony’s egg. I shooed her out once more and removed the egg. I closed both nest boxes as all three laying girls had now laid and that at least restricts Flame to just checking the corners of the chicken shed.
I really hope Flame soon gets the message that there are no eggs to sit on. The difference here though is that at least she isn’t sitting with no eggs. I keep thinking that she must surely give this up soon.
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She is trying very hard, to get her way.
She certainly is. I thought she would have given up by now but she is still behaving the same, it’s been four days now.
funny little girl
Funny and frustrating and not so little! The game girls are bigger than Speckles and make Speckles seem quite small and very light compared to them when I pick them up at bedtime.