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Greebo
In the Brooder
Last update for this thread - A confirmed Little egg! Laid about 10min ago.
Today I could see some signs she was looking for somewhere to lay, fussing about the place, I left her to it. When she jumped up on top of the rabbit hutch I decided I better intervene. I went over and she turned around and began talking to me in a chirping voice with head on one side like she used to when she was a chick and wanted something. I picked her up and took her to a nest box. I looked in later and there was no egg but she had rearranged the hay into an oval 'nest'. She had either been disturbed or it had failed to meet her criteria.
I then saw her pacing back and forth past the dog kennel (Aleisha after maturing to lay little more than a fortnight ago has decided to go broody - thus it begins
sigh), Little looked up at me and again 'asked' for help. Not wanting Aleisha or any of the others to disturb my girl mid lay, I took Little to one of my daughter's old cubbys that I've stored some hay in, pulled some soft pieces into a rough nest in the corner and popped her down.
Not long ago when I passed, I heard her talking in her same little chirruping tone. I looked in and she stood and came out for a cuddle, and behind her was this wee little egg. I was so pleased for her and proud of my little girl.
For size comparison I'm holding two Old English Game Bantam eggs at either end, the two in the middle are silkie eggs, the top one being Aleisha's and the bottom is Little's wee sweet egg. Imagine if I had a standard sized or jumbo egg to compare to them lol!
Way to go Little!
Today I could see some signs she was looking for somewhere to lay, fussing about the place, I left her to it. When she jumped up on top of the rabbit hutch I decided I better intervene. I went over and she turned around and began talking to me in a chirping voice with head on one side like she used to when she was a chick and wanted something. I picked her up and took her to a nest box. I looked in later and there was no egg but she had rearranged the hay into an oval 'nest'. She had either been disturbed or it had failed to meet her criteria.
I then saw her pacing back and forth past the dog kennel (Aleisha after maturing to lay little more than a fortnight ago has decided to go broody - thus it begins
sigh), Little looked up at me and again 'asked' for help. Not wanting Aleisha or any of the others to disturb my girl mid lay, I took Little to one of my daughter's old cubbys that I've stored some hay in, pulled some soft pieces into a rough nest in the corner and popped her down. Not long ago when I passed, I heard her talking in her same little chirruping tone. I looked in and she stood and came out for a cuddle, and behind her was this wee little egg. I was so pleased for her and proud of my little girl.
For size comparison I'm holding two Old English Game Bantam eggs at either end, the two in the middle are silkie eggs, the top one being Aleisha's and the bottom is Little's wee sweet egg. Imagine if I had a standard sized or jumbo egg to compare to them lol!
Way to go Little!
Woo hoo! 
