The Almost Daily Egg Report

The numbers have been even worse this week. Since the last report, the daily eggs have been: 8,6,5,7,2 and 8. That day of only two eggs was a major disappointment. It has continued to be cold, although mostly above zero. Another factor may be that my light broke and was out for a few days before I replaced it with a new one. When it is dark, the girls are not so inclined to lay their fine eggs, so I have a light on a timer and it comes on around 6:00 a.m. and turns off at 9:00 p.m. Those are long work days, I know, but believe me there is a lot of loitering, traipsing around the henhouse, snacking, and dustbathing going on during these hours - it's not all just sitting in the nest boxes like good little hens and pushing out the eggs. Anyway, I'll be glad when we get back up to a dozen eggs or so a day. David's counting on that egg money to retire.