Well, today was humiliating. I was out doing chores, and my head hen looked me in the eye, sang the egg song and promptly jumped out of the nest box and walked out of of the coop. Such an egg tease!
@Mutt Farm, I'm already thinking of adding to my flock. Only one of ours is very sociable, the other three either run or barely deign to acknowledge our presence. Fun to watch, but... I'm thinking about some black lace or cold hardy hens that lay dependably through winter. I would love some puff...
I think I might have a late bloomer. I swear we had enough soft eggs for each girl to have laid at least one each; but i noticed today that Babycakes' comb is still pale and dryish looking. She's the same age as the other three, right around 5 months exactly. We know the other three are laying...