Magic is laying eggs - she laid one a couple of days ago, and today the next one appeared. She builds herself 'nests' out of newspaper to hide in and make little clucky noises while she produces the egg, then spends a while trying to work out what to do with it...
Here's today's nest...
Magic lays eggs?? Okay. I need to know how she does that. Is it every year? I thought a male bird has to be involved for females to be able to have eggs to lay. Do you let her hatch them and give the babies away? This is a great shot of her by the way. It looks like she wants her privacy while she is laying her eggs!
@prttblues Female birds can lay eggs at any time, if their hormone levels are right - otherwise all eggs that people eat would contain baby chickens! They only turn into baby birds if the eggs are fertilised, and with no boy chickens around, that's not going to happen.
@jld29 She's 7(ish). Last year was the first year she laid any eggs. I don't think there are any more hiding in her tummy, but we'll have to wait another few days to be sure.
@jld29 She's 7(ish). Last year was the first year she laid any eggs. I don't think there are any more hiding in her tummy, but we'll have to wait another few days to be sure.