It’s been a race to see which girl would be next to lay their first egg of the year. Gold has been squatting for a while and very vocal. Storm has also been very vocal. Then yesterday Autumn also squatted and she had been looking in the nest boxes for a few days.
Yesterday Autumn settled in the nest box and I felt sure she was going to lay. Later she was out in the run and no egg. Sometimes the girls have a bit of a practice before they start laying. I felt sure that Autumn would probably lay soon.
Today it was Gold’s turn. Gold kept going in the nest box and scratching around but not settling down.
I checked back a bit later and Gold was settled in the nest box.
I then realised Gold had laid as she started moving her egg around.
I arranged the eggs in size order with Red’s egg on the right, Gold’s egg in the middle and snow’s egg on the left. Well done Gold!
I don’t think it will be long before we have a few more girls laying. It is so good to have plenty of eggs again and I think I can now stop buying eggs.
Edit
Later in the day both Red and Snow were in the nest box and both laid an egg despite the fact that they had both laid the day before. This gave us our first, three egg day, of the year.
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That is good news, with the sun shine we have had they must feel spring is on the way. The sun makes us all feel good.
Longer days start egg laying again and I think a few more are getting ready. They are enjoying the sun and always gather in the sunny spots.
Great news, Carol, especially Autumn shaping up to lay – given what she has been through.
Autumn hasn’t repeated her session in the nest box yet. I would be glad to have her lay just to prove that she will as she seems a bit of an anomaly. But it is really good to be getting eggs again.