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Ed- It was darker and cooler under the bush. The coop is in the sun by late moring but it wasn't to warm in there yet. The boxes are kind of open....I'll address that. I think she did want someone to help her out, that.s why she let me hold her. Can't get near her without a mealworm right now...

Yep. I even picked it up and showed it to her a couple of times this morning.

I can't find a 2nd egg so it must have been my RIR laying all 3 and I just missed the first one 2 days ago. Darn! They all look good. Good shells, nice light brown color. A little small but I hear they get bigger as she gets used to it. I don't remember so much fanfare yesterday morning...

Found it! Under a weedlike bush that I let grow for shade and cover for them. I hope they use the nest box soon. She had actually went up to it a couple of times on her own but wouldn't stay in it.

All has gone quiet but I can't find an egg. Thanks for advice everyone.

Ed- I have put her in the nest box 2 or 3 times and she stays for a minute and jumps out. She has jumped up onto a table under the kitchen window a few times and made a fly up towards the window once, startling my wife who was at the sink. She let my hold her on the table for a while and then I...

Good Grief! The neighbors are going to lynch me!

I was hoping its just uncertainty. She's not acting sick, just nervous. She's actually letting me approach her in broad daylight which is out of character. It could be that my Light Brahma has started laying at eggsactly the same time because she's acting crazy too now. I hope the noise won't...

I found my first two eggs yesterday morning and I don't know if they were both laid by 1 bird and I just missed it the day before or if two birds just started laying the same day. What I do know is that today my RIR is behaving very strangely. She's all fidgety with a sense of urgency that...