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[lisaroo2]

Hi All

 

Am off work today, feel awful, flu like symptoms, tried to drive in but had to turn back as couldn't concentrate.

 

Just nipped out to the girls to make sure they're ok, opened the run door and after a min or two Rosie came up to me and then squatted in the corner and allowed me to stroke her!!!! She's not done that before

 

This happened twice, shocked, I came inside and sat in comfy chair nursing my bones when I noticed that Rosie had dissapeared. I crept back out again and there she was in the nestbox making soft cooing noises.

 

I've left her to it, both Maisie and Rosie are in there now leaving poor old Daisy sat on the run floor!!!

 

Could M&R be laying their first eggs? We only got them on Saturday???????

Am sooooooooooo excited

 

Lisa

[Abbey Road Girl]

Hi Lisa,

 

I'm always excited when I see three hens in the run, not four!

 

I would guess that Rosie is in the nesting box for a purpose.

 

Hope you feel better soon. Do remember that hens can catch some of our diseases. If any of them seem a bit poorly I think you can put citricidal in their water. (Waits for Egluntine to give authorative reply!)

[Laura & CTB]

Certainly sounds like there's an egg on the way Lisa

 

That'll help to make you feel better

[lisaroo2]

Well Maisie and Rosie have both appeared in the run after 10 minutes in the nesting box and................

 

nothing! They've made a sort body shape in the aubiose but there's nowt there. Oh hang, looks like Rosie's gone back in again.......

 

 

Lisa

 

PS Can the girls really catch my cold?????????

[lisaroo2]

Hang on.....they've both gone back in again........

 

I can't keep going outside, its along walk to the bottom of the garden when you ache all over..........

 

Lisa

[Abbey Road Girl]

Well Maisie and Rosie have both appeared in the run after 10 minutes in the nesting box and................

 

nothing! They've made a sort body shape in the aubiose but there's nowt there. Oh hang, looks like Rosie's gone back in again.......

 

 

Lisa

 

PS Can the girls really catch my cold?????????

 

They can get the sniffles, Lisa. But most cold germs are transmitted by our hands so you can reduce the likelihood of their catching anything from you by washing your hands before you come in contact with them or their surroundings.

 

It does sound like Rosie has laying an egg in mind. Hope it's not a figment of her imagination!

[lisaroo2]

Thanks for that Sue! I've got some antibacterial hand wash that just dries on so I'll use that for the time being. They have had lots of vaccinations against different things so fingers crossed......

 

Maisie has just made a 'proper' chook noise, loud enough for me to hear it in the house, wots up with her Rosie is still in the nest box, is M waiting to go in and telling her to hurry up? Thats the first time I've heard them make that noise, up until now its been soft cooing Its funny how M keeps dissapearing into the box to see whats going on, Rosie has been in there for the best part of an hour now....hang on I can hear that loud noise again, its Maisie!!!

 

Lisa

It just like waiting for a baby to be born this first egg business!

[Tiggy]

my 4 are all crouching but not a single egg yesterday, Patsy & Saffy went on strike, maybe I'll have better luck today

[Phosphorus]

That was what Roast did the other day before finally laying her little egg, she went in and out of the nesting box about 5 times and then finally sat in there for slightly less than an hour. Result a little 34g egg - beautiful.

 

That was Sunday and I am still waiting for her to do it again

[Treekeeper]

Wait till they actually do lay they announce it to the world at the top of their voices

[Phosphorus]

Wait till they actually do lay they announce it to the world at the top of their voices

 

Mine didn't - I was really surprised . We knew she was going to lay and sat in the garden waiting for the big squawk - nothing. She came out of the nesting box after sitting there for 50 mins and left her egg behind her

[BarbaraJ]

Mine dont seem to make a racket either when they lay, not that i'm complaining lol