We had just a few days with no broody girls then back to two broody girls again. First Smoke started her broody behaviour again. She had only laid five eggs in ten days so this seemed really quick to go broody again. Smoke lays a few more eggs after she goes broody and so she laid her sixth egg yesterday.
Later that same day Vanilla went broody. Vanilla had laid twenty four eggs in one and a half months. Vanilla is an angry broody and pecks me and growls like an angry cat.
Broody Smoke
She does look magnificent.
I sit Smoke in the run
Broody Vanilla
You can see the anger in her eyes.
Broody Vanilla and Flame together
Flame likes to lay her eggs in this corner and wasn’t put off by Vanilla.
Smoke is easy to lift and I am closing the nest boxes at bedtime again which forces her to perch up rather than settle in the nest box. Vanilla on the other hand pecks me with fury and is difficult to move. She likes the back corner of the chicken shed so I am having to lift her to the perch at bedtime.
If I left Vanilla in that corner she would be under Speckles firing line. When I lift her and place her on the amigos’ perch I can her angry growl after I shut the door. I never would have thought these little girls could get so angry!
Oh well, I feel as if we are destined to have some broodies all the time with these little girls. Smoke and Vanilla are the two best layers too. They lay the most and also the biggest serama eggs. We are still getting plenty of eggs so that’s okay. I could do without the angry pecking though!
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Always some drama with seramas 🙂 xx
That was nearly my last line of this post! xx
Fun and games, keeps you on your toes.
They sure do keep me on my toes. They are both determined broodies at the moment.
Something makes me think back to Topaz! At least they’re much better layers.
I think Topaz was the angriest girl I have seen and as you say she didn’t lay either. While lifting Vanilla over the last few days I am getting used to her pecking. As Sophie says these little girls’ pecks don’t hurt it’s more the reaction to the fierceness of the way she goes for me. I try to ignore that now and once I have got hold of her the pecking stops. Mind you Flame ran away when Jasmine aimed a peck at her today so I am not the only one.