I can't believe it but as of yesterday I've been in East Tennessee for 33 days now!
In that time I've been tending to the three ladies below and enjoying it. It's reignited my chicken fever and I'm already thinking about getting some for our new place come spring!
Keeping in mind that it's January, that it's cold out there and that the days are shorter, so egg production typically declines around these times. I've had chickens most of my life so I get it, I understand the process. However, even in these times the ladies often lay eggs occasionally.
These three old broads below seem to be on some sort of egg laying strike though -
I still check the nest box every day, often with optimism, hoping that there will be an egg or two or even three but nope, that has NOT been the case. Yesterday was the exception and I was pleasantly surprised to find a single egg, see below, waiting for me -
So, in the 33 days that I've been here, I've collected only 3 eggs, alas!
Seems the rooster in the above pic is laying about as many eggs as these old hens.
Stew pot maybe?!?! Show of hands
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