Saturday, March 21, 2009

1 green, 5 brown.
3 green, 26 brown past week.
2 green, 11 brown past 3 days.

I'm confused with what the one juvenile rhode island red is doing outside of of the run. She had been laying while she was out. Earlier this week she laid an egg which was cannibalized (or eaten by another animal - rodent, stellar jay). She's been outside the run on days that she would be laying, but I've not found any eggs fro the past two days she's been out (Thursday and today). I've done more than a cursory search for a clutch of eggs, so far I've not found any. Monday I'll try to catch her brooding during the day.

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