Did you know hens get SAD? Our hens must have Seasonal Affective Disorder for egg production always goes to pot in the dead of winter which gives rise to threats by their chickie-mama to send to the pot. Even the Rhode Island Reds, usually stellar layers are off. Each year it's the same and Mrs. noelekal threat ... threat ... threats until late February when the two Ameraucanas (Ginger and Georgina) will finally get "fired up" again with the other breeds soon following.
We got only two today out of nine hens. One was this interesting dotted pink egg. Could have been Henrietta, the old Dark Brahma who laid it. Henrietta, Ginger and Georgina are the three oldest hens and from the original six we began with Easter of 2014. By May and June we'll average six or eight per day, infrequently nine, or one per hen.
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